Age-Dependent Pleiotropy Between General Cognitive Function and Major Psychiatric Disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 266-273

  Hill, W David ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Liewald, David C ^a   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Autism; Cognitive function; Genetics; Pleiotropy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84951807218     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.08.033     Document Type: Article

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