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Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

Genome-wide analyses identify 27 loci associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and provide insights into its genetic architecture in relation to other psychiatric disorders and cognitive traits.

Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

Genome-wide analyses identify 27 loci associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and provide insights into its genetic architecture in relation to other psychiatric disorders and cognitive traits.

Rescue of deficits by Brwd1 copy number restoration in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome

The molecular mechanisms underlying deficits in Down syndrome remain unclear. Here, the authors show that copy number restoration of a chromatin remodeler in trisomic mice is sufficient to rescue epigenomic, physiological and cognitive deficits.

The three-dimensional landscape of cortical chromatin accessibility in Alzheimer’s disease

The authors generated the largest epigenome atlas of postmortem brains with Alzheimer’s disease. They reported regulatory genomic signatures associated with AD, including variability in open chromatin regions, transcription factor networks and cis-regulatory domains.

Identification of shared and differentiating genetic architecture for autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and case subgroups

Cross-disorder genetic association analyses identify five loci differentiating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Individuals diagnosed with both ADHD and ASD are double-loaded with genetic risk for both disorders.

Population-level variation in enhancer expression identifies disease mechanisms in the human brain

Analyses of population-level variation in gene and enhancer expression in the human brain characterize the gene–enhancer regulome and the regulatory mechanisms of transcribed enhancers in neuropsychiatric diseases.

Impact of schizophrenia GWAS loci converge onto distinct pathways in cortical interneurons vs glutamatergic neurons during development

Here, we show that the fine-mapped GWAS locus in the ATP2A2 gene of the PKC pathway harbors enhancer marks by ATACseq and ChIPseq, and regulates ATP2A2 expression.

Chromatin domain alterations linked to 3D genome organization in a large cohort of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder brains

Girdhar et al. constructed chromosomal domains from prefrontal histone acetylation and methylation maps and discovered, in a large cohort of schizophrenia and bipolar brains, converging alignment by genetic risk, neuronal function and three-dimensional genomics.

Common variants contribute to intrinsic human brain functional networks

Association analyses using resting-state functional magnetic resonance images identify common genetic variants influencing intrinsic brain activity. Variation in brain function is genetically correlated with several neuropsychiatric traits.

Identification of shared and differentiating genetic architecture for autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and case subgroups

A multi-ancestry expression quantitative trait locus meta-analysis of 3,983 RNA-seq samples from 2,119 donors using the multivariate multiple QTL (mmQTL) approach characterizes the genetics of gene expression in the human brain and identifies candidate causal variants for brain-related traits.