Common genetic variation and schizophrenia polygenic risk influence neurocognitive performance in young adulthood

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 392-401

  Hatzimanolis, Alex ^a   Bhatnagar, Pallav ^a   Moes, Anna ^a   Wang, Ruihua ^a   Roussos, Panos ^b,c   Bitsios, Panos ^d   Stefanis, Costas N ^e   Pulver, Ann E ^a   Arking, Dan E ^a   Smyrnis, Nikolaos ^e,f   Stefanis, Nicholas C ^e,f   Avramopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^f NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognition; Endophenotype; GWAS; Psychosis; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930925039     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32323     Document Type: Article

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