GWAS of 19,629 individuals identifies novel genetic variants for regional brain volumes and refines their genetic co-architecture with cognitive and mental health traits
Bingxin Zhao, Tianyou Luo, Tengfei Li, Yun Li, Jingwen Zhang, Yue Shan, Xifeng Wang, Liuqing Yang, Fan Zhou, Ziliang Zhu, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition and Genetics, Hongtu Zhu B
This study identifies 287 novel genetic variants associated with brain volumes using GWAS in 19,629 UK Biobank participants and finds genetic correlations with cognitive and mental health traits.
Nature Genetics · Nov 1, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics