Connectomic Intermediate Phenotypes for Psychiatric Disorders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15524450 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Fornito (0000-0001-9134-480X, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Edward T Bullmore (0000-0002-8955-8283, University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 32-32 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00032 |
| PMID | 22529823 |
| PMCID | PMC3329878 |
| OpenAlex | W1965468519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Psychiatric disorders are phenotypically heterogeneous entities with a complex genetic basis. To mitigate this complexity, many investigators study so-called intermediate phenotypes (IPs) that putatively provide a more direct index of the physiological effects of candidate genetic risk variants than overt psychiatric syndromes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a particularly popular technique for measuring such phenotypes because it allows interrogation of diverse aspects of brain structure and function in vivo. Much of this work however, has focused on relatively simple measures that quantify variations in the physiology or tissue integrity of specific brain regions in isolation, contradicting an emerging consensus that most major psychiatric disorders do not arise from isolated dysfunction in one or a few brain regions, but rather from disturbed interactions within and between distributed neural circuits; i.e., they are disorders of brain connectivity. The recent proliferation of new MRI techniques for comprehensively mapping the entire connectivity architecture of the brain, termed the human connectome, has provided a rich repertoire of tools for understanding how genetic variants implicated in mental disorder impact distinct neural circuits. In this article, we review research using these connectomic techniques to understand how genetic variation influences the connectivity and topology of human brain networks. We highlight recent evidence from twin and imaging genetics studies suggesting that the penetrance of candidate risk variants for mental illness, such as those in SLC6A4, MAOA, ZNF804A, and APOE, may be higher for IPs characterized at the level of distributed neural systems than at the level of spatially localized brain regions. The findings indicate that imaging connectomics provides a powerful framework for understanding how genetic risk for psychiatric disease is expressed through altered structure and function of the human connectome
Biological neural network · Biology · Brain Structure and Function · Cognition · Connectome · Connectomics · Functional connectivity · Gene · Genetic architecture · Human brain · Human Connectome Project · Imaging genetics · Mental health · Mental illness · Neuroimaging · Phenotype · Psychiatry · Research Domain Criteria · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Mental Health Research Topics · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Psychology · Genetics
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |