Autism spectrum disorder at the crossroad between genes and environment: contributions, convergences, and interactions in ASD developmental pathophysiology

C Cheroni, N Caporale, G Testa - Molecular autism, 2020 - Springer
The complex pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder encompasses interactions
between genetic and environmental factors. On the one hand, hundreds of genes …

Glial cells in schizophrenia: a unified hypothesis

AG Dietz, SA Goldman, M Nedergaard - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2020 - thelancet.com
The cellular neurobiology of schizophrenia remains poorly understood. We discuss
neuroimaging studies, pathological findings, and experimental work supporting the idea that …

Longitudinal assessment of mental health disorders and comorbidities across 4 decades among participants in the Dunedin birth cohort study

A Caspi, RM Houts, A Ambler, A Danese… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mental health professionals typically encounter patients at 1 point in patients'
lives. This cross-sectional window understandably fosters focus on the current presenting …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale exome sequencing study implicates both developmental and functional changes in the neurobiology of autism

FK Satterstrom, JA Kosmicki, J Wang, MS Breen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We present the largest exome sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to date
(n= 35,584 total samples, 11,986 with ASD). Using an enhanced analytical framework to …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of the Alzheimer's disease human brain transcriptome and functional dissection in mouse models

YW Wan, R Al-Ouran, CG Mangleburg, TM Perumal… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
We present a consensus atlas of the human brain transcriptome in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), based on meta-analysis of differential gene expression in 2,114 postmortem samples …

Validity and utility of hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum

R Kotov, KG Jonas, WT Carpenter, MN Dretsch… - World …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a scientific effort to address
shortcomings of traditional mental disorder diagnoses, which suffer from arbitrary …

In vivo Perturb-Seq reveals neuronal and glial abnormalities associated with autism risk genes

X Jin, SK Simmons, A Guo, AS Shetty, M Ko, L Nguyen… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Human genetic studies have revealed long lists of genes and loci
associated with risk for many diseases and disorders, but to systematically evaluate their …

Identification of epilepsy-associated neuronal subtypes and gene expression underlying epileptogenesis

U Pfisterer, V Petukhov, S Demharter… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, yet its pathophysiology is poorly
understood due to the high complexity of affected neuronal circuits. To identify dysfunctional …

Convergent molecular, cellular, and cortical neuroimaging signatures of major depressive disorder

KM Anderson, MA Collins, R Kong… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Major depressive disorder emerges from the complex interactions of biological systems that
span genes and molecules through cells, networks, and behavior. Establishing how …

The polygenic architecture of schizophrenia—rethinking pathogenesis and nosology

OB Smeland, O Frei, AM Dale… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Although the past two decades have seen limited improvement in the treatment of …