Genes associated with neuropsychiatric disease increase vulnerability to abnormal deep grey matter development
Harriet Cullen, Michelle L. Krishnan, Saskia Selzam, Gareth Ball, Alessia Visconti, Alka Saxena, Serena Jane Counsell, Joseph V. Hajnal, Gerome D. Breen, Robert J. Plomin, Anthony David Edwards
The paper finds that genetic risk for neuropsychiatric diseases is linked to reduced deep grey matter volume in preterm infants, suggesting a mechanism for how early adversity interacts with genetic vulnerability.
bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience