Structural Brain Connectivity as a Genetic Marker for Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Marc M. Bohlken,
Rachel M. Brouwer,
René C.W. Mandl,
Martijn P. van den Heuvel,
Anna M. Hedman,
Marc D. Binder,
Wiepke Cahn,
René S. Kahn,
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1925
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , white matter , twin study , fractional anisotropy , diffusion mri , psychology , neuroscience , medicine , genetics , psychiatry , biology , magnetic resonance imaging , heritability , radiology
Schizophrenia is accompanied by a loss of integrity of white matter connections that compose the structural brain network, which is believed to diminish the efficiency of information transfer among brain regions. However, it is unclear to what extent these abnormalities are influenced by the genetic liability for developing the disease.
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