Genome-wide association study of cognitive functions and educational attainment in UK Biobank (N=112 151)

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 758-767

  Davies, G ^a   Marioni, R E ^a,b   Liewald, D C ^a   Hill, W D ^a   Hagenaars, S P ^a   Harris, S E ^a   Ritchie, S J ^a   Luciano, M ^a   Fawns Ritchie, C ^a   Lyall, D ^c   Cullen, B ^c   Cox, S R ^a   Hayward, C ^d   Porteous, D J ^a   Evans, J ^c   McIntosh, A M ^a   Gallacher, J ^e   Craddock, N ^f   Pell, J P ^c   Smith, D J ^c   Gale, C R ^a,g   Deary, I J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; BIOBANK; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962106781     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.45     Document Type: Article

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