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Open AccessChildhood urbanicity is associated with emotional episodic memory-related striatal function and common variation in NTRK2
Childhoods in urban or rural environments may differentially affect the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders, possibly through memory processing and neural response to emotional stimuli. Genetic factors may not ...
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Open AccessGenome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning
Understanding the genomic basis of memory processes may help in combating neurodegenerative disorders. Hence, we examined the associations of common genetic variants with verbal short-term memory and verbal le...
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Open AccessNeanderthal-Derived Genetic Variation Shapes Modern Human Cranium and Brain
Before their disappearance from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, the ancient hominin lineage most closely related to modern humans, interbred with ancestors of present-day humans...
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Open AccessNovel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume
The hippocampal formation is a brain structure integrally involved in episodic memory, spatial navigation, cognition and stress responsiveness. Structural abnormalities in hippocampal volume and shape are foun...
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Altered Cerebral Response During Cognitive Control: A Potential Indicator of Genetic Liability for Schizophrenia
Aberrant activity in brain regions underlying various aspects of executive cognition has been reported in patients with schizophrenia and in their healthy relatives, suggesting an association with genetic liab...
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Effect of Schizophrenia Risk-Associated Alleles in SREB2 (GPR85) on Functional MRI Phenotypes in Healthy Volunteers
Genetic variants in GPR85 (SREB2: rs56080411 and rs56039557) have been associated with risk for schizophrenia. Here, we test the hypothesis that these variants impact on brain function in normal subjects, meas...
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Modulatory Effects of Modafinil on Neural Circuits Regulating Emotion and Cognition
Modafinil differs from other arousal-enhancing agents in chemical structure, neurochemical profile, and behavioral effects. Most functional neuroimaging studies to date examined the effect of modafinil only on...
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The G72/G30 Gene Complex and Cognitive Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
A recently discovered gene complex, G72/G30 (hereafter G72, but now termed DAOA), was found to be associated with schizophrenia and with bipolar disorder, possibly because of an indirect effect on NMDA neurotr...
