Independent evidence for an association between general cognitive ability and a genetic locus for educational attainment

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 363-373

  Trampush, Joey W ^a,b,c   Lencz, Todd ^a,b,c   Knowles, Emma ^d   Davies, Gail ^e   Guha, Saurav ^a   Pe'er, Itsik ^f,g   Liewald, David C ^e   Starr, John M ^e   Djurovic, Srdjan ^h,i   Melle, Ingrid ^h,i,j   Sundet, Kjetil ^h,j   Christoforou, Andrea ^k,l   Reinvang, Ivar ^j   Mukherjee, Semanti ^a,b   Derosse, Pamela ^a,b   Lundervold, Astri ^k,m   Steen, Vidar M ^k,l   John, Majnu ^a,b   Espeseth, Thomas ^i,j   Räikkönen, Katri ⁿ   Widen, Elisabeth ⁿ   Palotie, Aarno ^n,o   Eriksson, Johan G ^n,p,q,r,s   Giegling, Ina ^t   Konte, Bettina ^t   Ikeda, Masashi ^u   Roussos, Panos ^v   Giakoumaki, Stella ^w   Burdick, Katherine E ^v   Payton, Antony ^x   Ollier, William ^x   Horan, Mike ^x   Scult, Matthew ^y   Dickinson, Dwight ^z   Straub, Richard E ^z,aa   Donohoe, Gary ^ab   Morris, Derek ^ab   Corvin, Aiden ^ab   Gill, Michael ^ab   Hariri, Ahmad ^y   Weinberger, Daniel R ^z,aa   Pendleton, Neil ^ac   Iwata, Nakao ^u   Darvasi, Ariel ^ad   Bitsios, Panos ^w   Rujescu, Dan ^t   Lahti, Jari ^n,r   Le Hellard, Stephanie ^k,l   Keller, Matthew C ^ae   Andreassen, Ole A ^h,i,j   Deary, Ian J ^e   Glahn, David C ^d   Malhotra, Anil K ^a,b,c   more..

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h KG Jebsen Centre   (Norway)

ⁱ OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^m STATOIL   (Norway)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^o WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^p NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^q HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^r FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^s VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^t MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^u FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^v MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^y DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^aa JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ad HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Educational attainment; General cognitive ability; Genetics; GWAS; Neurocognition; Proxy phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84930930569     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32319     Document Type: Article

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