The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Consortium (ENIGMA)—Genetics working group; Katrina L. Grasby; Neda Jahanshad; Jodie N. Painter; Lucía Colodro-conde; Janita Bralten; Derrek P. Hibar; Penelope A. Lind; Fabrizio Pizzagalli; Christopher R. K. Ching; Mary Agnes B. Mcmahon; Natalia Shatokhina; Leo C. P. Zsembik; Sophia I. Thomopoulos; Alyssa H. Zhu; Lachlan T. Strike; Ingrid Agartz; Saud Alhusaini; Marcio A. A. Almeida; Dag Alnæs; Inge K. Amlien; Micael Andersson; Tyler Ard; Nicola J. Armstrong; Allison Ashley-koch; Joshua R. Atkins; Manon Bernard; Rachel M. Brouwer; Elizabeth E. L. Buimer; Robin Bülow; Christian Bürger; Dara M. Cannon; Mallar Chakravarty; Qiang Chen; Joshua W. Cheung; Baptiste Couvy-duchesne; Anders M. Dale; Shareefa Dalvie; Tânia K. De Araujo; Greig I. De Zubicaray; Sonja M. C. De Zwarte; Anouk Den Braber; Nhat Trung Doan; Katharina Dohm; Stefan Ehrlich; Mathew A. Harris; Michelle Luciano; Joanna M. Wardlaw; Colin P. Doherty; Mark E. Bastin; Ian J. Deary

doi:10.1126/science.aay6690

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Consortium (ENIGMA)—Genetics working group, Katrina L. Grasby, Neda Jahanshad, Jodie N. Painter, Lucía Colodro-conde, Janita Bralten, Derrek P. Hibar, Penelope A. Lind, Fabrizio Pizzagalli, Christopher R. K. Ching, Mary Agnes B. Mcmahon, Natalia Shatokhina, Leo C. P. Zsembik, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Alyssa H. Zhu, Lachlan T. Strike, Ingrid Agartz, Saud Alhusaini, Marcio A. A. Almeida, Dag AlnæsInge K. Amlien, Micael Andersson, Tyler Ard, Nicola J. Armstrong, Allison Ashley-koch, Joshua R. Atkins, Manon Bernard, Rachel M. Brouwer, Elizabeth E. L. Buimer, Robin Bülow, Christian Bürger, Dara M. Cannon, Mallar Chakravarty, Qiang Chen, Joshua W. Cheung, Baptiste Couvy-duchesne, Anders M. Dale, Shareefa Dalvie, Tânia K. De Araujo, Greig I. De Zubicaray, Sonja M. C. De Zwarte, Anouk Den Braber, Nhat Trung Doan, Katharina Dohm, Stefan Ehrlich, Mathew A. Harris, Michelle Luciano, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Colin P. Doherty, Mark E. Bastin, Ian J. Deary

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The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities, yet little is known about the specific genetic loci that influence human cortical structure. To identify genetic variants that affect cortical structure, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of brain magnetic resonance imaging data from 51,665 individuals. We analyzed the surface area and average thickness of the whole cortex and 34 regions with known functional specializations. We identified 199 significant loci and found significant enrichment for loci influencing total surface area within regulatory elements that are active during prenatal cortical development, supporting the radial unit hypothesis. Loci that affect regional surface area cluster near genes in Wnt signaling pathways, which influence progenitor expansion and areal identity. Variation in cortical structure is genetically correlated with cognitive function, Parkinson's disease, insomnia, depression, neuroticism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Original language	English
Article number	eaay6690
Number of pages	14
Journal	Science
Volume	367
Issue number	6484
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay6690
Publication status	Published - 20 Mar 2020

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This is the accepted version of the following article: The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex Grasby, K. L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J. N., Colodro-conde, L., Bralten, J., Hibar, D. P., Lind, P. A., Pizzagalli, F., Ching, C. R. K., Mcmahon, M. A. B., Shatokhina, N., Zsembik, L. C. P., Thomopoulos, S. I., Zhu, A. H., Strike, L. T., Agartz, I., Alhusaini, S., Almeida, M. A. A., Alnæs, D., Amlien, I. K. & 340 others, , 20 Mar 2020, In : Science. 367, 6484, eaay6690., which has been published in final form at https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6484/eaay6690.
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Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Consortium (ENIGMA)—Genetics working group, Grasby, K. L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J. N., Colodro-conde, L., Bralten, J., Hibar, D. P., Lind, P. A., Pizzagalli, F., Ching, C. R. K., Mcmahon, M. A. B., Shatokhina, N., Zsembik, L. C. P., Thomopoulos, S. I., Zhu, A. H., Strike, L. T., Agartz, I., Alhusaini, S., Almeida, M. A. A., ... Deary, I. J. (2020). The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Science, 367(6484), Article eaay6690. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay6690

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