The daunting polygenicity of mental illness: Making a new map

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 1742, 2018, Pages

  Hyman, Steven E ^a,b  

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

^b Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum; Brain organoid; Polygenic; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPLEXITY; DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECTRUM;

GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE;

GENOMICS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85040911688     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0031     Document Type: Article

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