A brain-wide association study of DISC1 genetic variants reveals a relationship with the structure and functional connectivity of the precuneus in schizophrenia

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5414-5430

  Gong, Xiaohong ^a,b   Lu, Wenlian ^a,c   Kendrick, Keith M ^d   Pu, Weidan ^e   Wang, Chu ^b   Jin, Li ^b   Lu, Guangmin ^f,g   Liu, Zhening ^e   Liu, Haihong ^h   Feng, Jianfeng ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^h CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DISC1; Link wise association study; MRI; Precuneus; Schizophrenia; Voxel wise association study

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PROTEIN; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE; DISC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WIDE ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911989772     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22560     Document Type: Article

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