The genetic architecture of pediatric cognitive abilities in the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 454-458

  Robinson, E B ^a,b   Kirby, A ^a,b   Ruparel, K ^c   Yang, J ^d   McGrath, L ^a   Anttila, V ^a,b,e   Neale, B M ^a,b   Merikangas, K ^f   Lehner, T ^f   Sleiman, P M A ^g   Daly, M J ^a,b   Gur, R ^c,c   Hakonarson, H ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COGNITION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL COGNITION; VERBAL MEMORY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHILADELPHIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926180596     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.65     Document Type: Article

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