Article
Neurosciences
Nawaf Yassi, Matthew P. Pase, Rachel F. Buckley, Emily Rosenich, Rosie Watson, Paul Maruff, Yen Ying Lim
Summary: Midlife cardiovascular risk factors are associated with reduced cognition, particularly in the memory domain, in cognitively normal middle-aged adults. Online assessment of cardiovascular risk for cognitive impairment is feasible.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nastiti Kaswandani, Bernie Endyarni Medise, Elcha Leonard, Hindra Irawan Satari, Julitasari Sundoro, Sri Rezeki Harun Hadinegoro, Ade Putra, Putra Fajar Angkasa
Summary: This study evaluated the incidence rate and severity of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Indonesia from the first quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022. The results showed that the Sinovac/CoronaVac vaccine used in Indonesia is safe, with most adverse events classified as unrelated to the vaccine or coincidental events.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ludmila Kucikova, Jantje Goerdten, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Elijah Mak, Li Su, Adam D. Waldman, Samuel Danso, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Craig W. Ritchie
Summary: This study reviewed functional connectivity differences in young and middle-aged cognitively intact individuals with non-modifiable risk factors of AD, focusing on the Default Mode Network, Executive Network, and Salience Network. The literature indicated early vulnerability of functional connectivity across different at-risk groups, particularly in the Default Mode Network.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Cecilia Camarda, Paola Torelli, Carmela Pipia, Iacopo Battaglini, Gianluca Sottile, Giovanna Cilluffo, Rosolino Camarda
Summary: In this study, activation-induced rigidity (AR) was evaluated in a large cohort of neurologically and cognitively healthy subjects across different age groups. The results showed a significant increase in the number of subjects showing AR with age, regardless of the activation maneuver used. Additionally, the number of subjects demonstrating AR using the Froment's maneuver was significantly higher in each age class compared to those using UPDRS-ME instructions. The findings suggest that AR may be a potential sign of the prodromal phase of Parkinson's disease.
JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lauren H. Wyatt, Stephanie E. Cleland, Linda Wei, Naman Paul, Amrita Patil, Cavin Ward-Caviness, Sarah B. Henderson, Ana G. Rappold
Summary: A growing body of evidence suggests that exposure to air pollution, specifically fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3), is associated with decreased cognitive performance. In this study, the associations between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and O3 and attention scores were evaluated in a large cohort of adults aged 18-90 years. Results showed that elevated PM2.5 and O3 levels were associated with decreased focus scores in younger adults, highlighting the importance of further research in this area.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Danai Dima, Amirhossein Modabbernia, Efstathios Papachristou, Gaelle E. Doucet, Ingrid Agartz, Moji Aghajani, Theophilus N. Akudjedu, Anton Albajes-Eizagirre, Dag Alnaes, Kathryn Alpert, Micael Andersson, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ole A. Andreassen, Philip Asherson, Tobias Banaschewski, Nuria Bargallo, Sarah Baumeister, Ramona Baur-Streubel, Alessandro Bertolino, Aurora Bonvino, Dorret Boomsma, Stefan Borgwardt, Josiane Bourque, Daniel Brandeis, Alan Breier, Henry Brodaty, Rachel M. Brouwer, Jan K. Buitelaar, Geraldo F. Busatto, Randy L. Buckner, Vincent Calhoun, Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez, Dara M. Cannon, Xavier Caseras, Francisco X. Castellanos, Simon Cervenka, Tiffany M. Chaim-Avancini, Christopher R. K. Ching, Victoria Chubar, Vincent P. Clark, Patricia Conrod, Annette Conzelmann, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Fabrice Crivello, Eveline A. Crone, Anders M. Dale, Cristopher Davey, Eco J. C. de Geus, Lieuwe de Haan, Greig de Zubicaray, Anouk den Braber, Erin W. Dickie, Annabella Di Giorgio, Nhat Trung Doan, Erlend S. Dorum, Stefan Ehrlich, Susanne Erk, Thomas Espeseth, Helena Fatouros-Bergman, Simon E. Fisher, Jean-Paul Fouche, Barbara Franke, Thomas Frodl, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, David C. Glahn, Ian H. Gotlib, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Oliver Grimm, Nynke A. Groenewold, Dominik Grotegerd, Oliver Gruber, Patricia Gruner, Rachel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Ben J. Harrison, Catharine A. Hartman, Sean N. Hatton, Andreas Heinz, Dirk J. Heslenfeld, Derrek P. Hibar, Ian B. Hickie, Beng-Choon Ho, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Sarah Hohmann, Avram J. Holmes, Martine Hoogman, Norbert Hosten, Fleur M. Howells, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Chaim Huyser, Neda Jahanshad, Anthony James, Terry L. Jernigan, Jiyang Jiang, Erik G. Jonsson, John A. Joska, Rene Kahn, Andrew Kalnin, Ryota Kanai, Marieke Klein, Tatyana P. Klyushnik, Laura Koenders, Sanne Koops, Bernd Kraemer, Jonna Kuntsi, Jim Lagopoulos, Luisa Lazaro, Irina Lebedeva, Won Hee Lee, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Christine Lochner, Marise W. J. Machielsen, Sophie Maingault, Nicholas G. Martin, Ignacio Martinez-Zalacain, David Mataix-Cols, Bernard Mazoyer, Colm McDonald, Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew M. McIntosh, Katie L. McMahon, Genevieve McPhilemy, Jose M. Menchon, Sarah E. Medland, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jilly Naaijen, Pablo Najt, Tomohiro Nakao, Jan E. Nordvik, Lars Nyberg, Jaap Oosterlaan, Victor Ortiz-Garcia De la Foz, Yannis Paloyelis, Paul Pauli, Giulio Pergola, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Maria J. Portella, Steven G. Potkin, Joaquim Radua, Andreas Reif, Daniel A. Rinker, Joshua L. Roffman, Pedro G. P. Rosa, Matthew D. Sacchet, Perminder S. Sachdev, Raymond Salvador, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Salvador Sarro, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Andrew J. Saykin, Mauricio H. Serpa, Lianne Schmaal, Knut Schnell, Gunter Schumann, Kang Sim, Jordan W. Smoller, Iris Sommer, Carles Soriano-Mas, Dan J. Stein, Lachlan T. Strike, Suzanne C. Swagerman, Christian K. Tamnes, Henk S. Temmingh, Sophia Thomopoulos, Alexander S. Tomyshev, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Julian N. Trollor, Jessica A. Turner, Anne Uhlmann, Odile A. van den Heuvel, Dennis van den Meer, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, Dennis Van't Ent, Theo G. M. van Erp, Ilya M. Veer, Dick J. Veltman, Aristotle Voineskos, Henry Voelzke, Henrik Walter, Esther Walton, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Thomas H. Wassink, Bernd Weber, Wei Wen, John D. West, Lars T. Westlye, Heather Whalley, Lara M. Wierenga, Steven C. R. Williams, Katharina Wittfeld, Daniel H. Wolf, Amanda Worker, Margaret J. Wright, Kun Yang, Yulyia Yoncheva, Marcus Zanetti, Georg C. Ziegler, Paul M. Thompson, Sophia Frangou
Summary: Age has a significant impact on brain volume, with different regions showing varying trajectories. Basal ganglia volume decreases with age, while lateral ventricles continue to enlarge. These findings provide important insights into the functional significance of age-related morphometric patterns in the brain.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sophia Frangou, Amirhossein Modabbernia, Steven C. R. Williams, Efstathios Papachristou, Gaelle E. Doucet, Ingrid Agartz, Moji Aghajani, Theophilus N. Akudjedu, Anton Albajes-Eizagirre, Dag Alnaes, Kathryn Alpert, Micael Andersson, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ole A. Andreassen, Philip Asherson, Tobias Banaschewski, Nuria Bargallo, Sarah Baumeister, Ramona Baur-Streubel, Alessandro Bertolino, Aurora Bonvino, Dorret Boomsma, Stefan Borgwardt, Josiane Bourque, Daniel Brandeis, Alan Breier, Henry Brodaty, Rachel M. Brouwer, Jan K. Buitelaar, Geraldo F. Busatto, Randy L. Buckner, Vincent Calhoun, Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez, Dara M. Cannon, Xavier Caseras, Francisco X. Castellanos, Simon Cervenka, Tiffany M. Chaim-Avancini, Christopher R. K. Ching, Victoria Chubar, Vincent P. Clark, Patricia Conrod, Annette Conzelmann, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Fabrice Crivello, Eveline A. Crone, Anders M. Dale, Christopher Davey, Eco J. C. de Geus, Lieuwe de Haan, Greig de Zubicaray, Anouk den Braber, Erin W. Dickie, Annabella Di Giorgio, Nhat Trung Doan, Erlend S. Dorum, Stefan Ehrlich, Susanne Erk, Thomas Espeseth, Helena Fatouros-Bergman, Simon E. Fisher, Jean-Paul Fouche, Barbara Franke, Thomas Frodl, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, David C. Glahn, Ian H. Gotlib, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Oliver Grimm, Nynke A. Groenewold, Dominik Grotegerd, Oliver Gruber, Patricia Gruner, Rachel E. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Ben J. Harrison, Catharine A. Hartman, Sean N. Hatton, Andreas Heinz, Dirk J. Heslenfeld, Derrek P. Hibar, Ian B. Hickie, Beng-Choon Ho, Pieter J. Hoekstra, Sarah Hohmann, Avram J. Holmes, Martine Hoogman, Norbert Hosten, Fleur M. Howells, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Chaim Huyser, Neda Jahanshad, Anthony James, Terry L. Jernigan, Jiyang Jiang, Erik G. Jonsson, John A. Joska, Rene Kahn, Andrew Kalnin, Ryota Kanai, Marieke Klein, Tatyana P. Klyushnik, Laura Koenders, Sanne Koops, Bernd Kraemer, Jonna Kuntsi, Jim Lagopoulos, Luisa Lazaro, Irina Lebedeva, Won Hee Lee, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Christine Lochner, Marise W. J. Machielsen, Sophie Maingault, Nicholas G. Martin, Ignacio Martinez-Zalacain, David Mataix-Cols, Bernard Mazoyer, Colm McDonald, Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew M. McIntosh, Katie L. McMahon, Genevieve McPhilemy, Jose M. Menchon, Sarah E. Medland, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jilly Naaijen, Pablo Najt, Tomohiro Nakao, Jan E. Nordvik, Lars Nyberg, Jaap Oosterlaan, Victor Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz, Yannis Paloyelis, Paul Pauli, Giulio Pergola, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Maria J. Portella, Steven G. Potkin, Joaquim Radua, Andreas Reif, Daniel A. Rinker, Joshua L. Roffman, Pedro G. P. Rosa, Matthew D. Sacchet, Perminder S. Sachdev, Raymond Salvador, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Salvador Sarro, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Andrew J. Saykin, Mauricio H. Serpa, Lianne Schmaal, Knut Schnell, Gunter Schumann, Kang Sim, Jordan W. Smoller, Iris Sommer, Carles Soriano-Mas, Dan J. Stein, Lachlan T. Strike, Suzanne C. Swagerman, Christian K. Tamnes, Henk S. Temmingh, Sophia Thomopoulos, Alexander S. Tomyshev, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Julian N. Trollor, Jessica A. Turner, Anne Uhlmann, Odile A. van den Heuvel, Dennis van den Meer, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Neeltje E. M. van Haren, Dennis van't Ent, Theo G. M. van Erp, Ilya M. Veer, Dick J. Veltman, Aristotle Voineskos, Henry Voelzke, Henrik Walter, Esther Walton, Lei Wang, Yang Wang, Thomas H. Wassink, Bernd Weber, Wei Wen, John D. West, Lars T. Westlye, Heather Whalley, Lara M. Wierenga, Katharina Wittfeld, Daniel H. Wolf, Amanda Worker, Margaret J. Wright, Kun Yang, Yulyia Yoncheva, Marcus Zanetti, Georg C. Ziegler, Paul M. Thompson, Danai Dima
Summary: The study used data from the ENIGMA Consortium to explore the relationship between age and cortical thickness, finding that most regions peak in cortical thickness during childhood, with a negative association between age and cortical thickness where the slope is steeper before the age of 30 and more gradual afterwards.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Lewis H. Kuller, Beth E. Snitz, Timothy M. Hughes, Yuefang Chang, Anne D. Cohen, Chester A. Mathis, Howard J. Aizenstein, Oscar L. Lopez
Summary: This study found that lower untreated systolic blood pressure is associated with a lower risk of dementia and death, and it is also related to a lower level of brain biomarker Aβ.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2022)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Maria Beatrice Zazzara, Agnese Cangini, Roberto Da Cas, Ilaria Ippoliti, Alessandra Marengoni, Andrea Pierantozzi, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Simona Zito, Graziano Onder
Summary: This study analyzed medication use and costs in Italian adults aged >= 90 years, finding that both use and costs decreased linearly with increasing age. Men had higher utilization and costs compared to women, with antihypertensives, antiplatelet agents, medications for peptic ulcer and gastroesophageal reflux, and lipid-lowering agents being the most frequently used medications.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Gurunadh R. Chichili, Ronald Smulders, Vicki Santos, Beth Cywin, Laura Kovanda, Charles Van Sant, Frank Malinoski, Shite Sebastian, George Siber, Richard Malley
Summary: This study evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of a novel 24-valent pneumococcal vaccine (ASP3772) and demonstrated that it is well tolerated and highly immunogenic, offering significantly broader protection than existing pneumococcal vaccines in adults. Older adults who received ASP3772 showed higher immune responses to several pneumococcal serotypes compared to those who received PCV13.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Andrea Espuch-Oliver, Hector Vazquez-Lorente, Lucas Jurado-Fasoli, Tomas de Haro-Munoz, Irene Diaz-Alberola, Maria del Senor Lopez-Velez, Teresa de Haro-Romero, Manuel J. Castillo, Francisco J. Amaro-Gahete
Summary: The soluble alpha-Klotho levels in serum, measured using ELISA, showed an age-related decrease in healthy adults, with senior individuals presenting the lowest levels.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, Sara Johnson, Kimberly Gudzune
Summary: This study utilized nationally representative data to examine changes in obesity prevalence among adults aged 18 through 25 in the US over the past four decades. The findings provide important insights into the trends of obesity in this age group.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Yufen Wu, Hao Zhang, Jinrong Wang, Yuling Han, Yongsheng Shi, Qiaoling Zhang, Li Shen, Haohua Jiang, Chunmei Jia, Yanyan Yu, Zhen Long, Minghong Ji, Aihong Liu, Chunhong Pan, Dongjun Ma, Jinhong Wu, Fuli Dai
Summary: The objective of this study was to obtain the normal values of fractional concentration of nasal nitric oxide in Chinese children aged 6-18 years, in order to provide reference for clinical diagnosis. Data from 2,580 children were analyzed to determine the normal range and influencing factors of fractional concentration of nasal nitric oxide values. The results showed that sex and age were significant predictors of nasal nitric oxide values in Chinese children aged 12-18 years.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Audrey Low, Maria A. Prats-Sedano, Elizabeth McKiernan, Stephen F. Carter, James D. Stefaniak, Stefania Nannoni, Li Su, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Karen Ritchie, Brian Lawlor, Lorina Naci, Paresh Malhotra, Clare Mackay, Ivan Koychev, Craig W. Ritchie, Hugh S. Markus, John T. O'Brien
Summary: Modifiable risk factors are associated with midlife cerebral small vessel disease, and this association is more significant in individuals without the APOE4 gene.
ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guy Berbers, Pieter van Gageldonk, Jan van de Kassteele, Ursula Wiedermann, Isabelle Desombere, Tine Dalby, Julie Toubiana, Sotirios Tsiodras, Ildiko Paluska Ferencz, Kathryn Mullan, Algirdas Griskevicius, Tatjana Kolupajeva, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Paula Palminha, Odette Popovici, Lena Wehlin, Tamara Kastrin, Lucia Mad'arova, Helen Campbell, Csaba Kodmon, Sabrina Bacci, Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Qiushui He
Summary: The study reveals evidence of pertussis circulation in middle-aged adults in EU/EEA countries, while the lack of vaccine-induced seroprotection against diphtheria is a concern that requires further attention.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Tess Levy, Paige M. Siper, Bonnie Lerman, Danielle Halpern, Jessica Zweifach, Puneet Belani, Audrey Thurm, Tjitske Kleefstra, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Dorothy E. Grice
Summary: DDX3X syndrome is a newly discovered genetic neurodevelopmental disorder that commonly presents with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, language delays, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other medical comorbidities. The complex presentation of symptoms in neurological, psychiatric/psychological, ophthalmologic, and gastrointestinal domains underscores the importance of understanding symptom prevalence, providing medical recommendations, and conducting regular medical surveillance for individuals with DDX3X syndrome. This article summarizes current clinical knowledge of DDX3X syndrome and offers recommendations for clinical assessments and care based on a comprehensive review of existing literature and new research findings. Anticipated advancements in understanding DDX3X syndrome will likely lead to ongoing updates of these recommendations. (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Dmitrijs Rots, Taryn E. Jakub, Crystal Keung, Vissers E. L. M. Lisenka, Siddharth Banka, Rolph Pfundt, Bert B. A. de Vries, Richard H. van Jaarsveld, Saskia M. J. Hopman, Ellen van Binsbergen, Irene Valenzuela, Maja Hempel, Tatjana Bierhals, Fanny Kortuem, Francois Lecoquierre, Alice Goldenberg, Jens Michael Hertz, Charlotte Brasch Andersen, Maria Kibaek, Eloise J. Prijoles, Roger E. Stevenson, David B. Everman, Wesley G. Patterson, Linyan Meng, Charul Gijavanekar, Karl De Dios, Shenela Lakhani, Tess Levy, Matias Wagner, Dagmar Wieczorek, Paul J. Benke, Maria Soledad Lopez Garcia, Renee Perrier, Sergio B. Sousa, Pedro M. Almeida, Maria Jose Simoes, Bertrand Isidor, Wallid Deb, Andrew A. Schmanski, Omar Abdul-Rahman, Christophe Philippe, Ange-Line Bruel, Laurence Faivre, Antonio Vitobello, Christel Thauvin, Jeroen J. Smits, Livia Garavelli, Stefano G. Caraffi, Francesca Peluso, Laura Davis-Keppen, Dylan Platt, Erin Royer, Lisette Leeuwen, Margje Sinnema, Alexander P. A. Stegmann, Constance T. R. M. Stumpel, George E. Tiller, Danielle G. M. Bosch, Stephanus T. Potgieter, Shelagh Joss, Miranda Splitt, Simon Holden, Matina Prapa, Nicola Foulds, Sofia Douzgou, Kaija Puura, Regina Waltes, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Christine M. Freitag, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Silvia De Rubeis, Joseph Buxbaum, Bruce D. Gelb, Aleksic Branko, Itaru Kushima, Jennifer Howe, Stephen W. Scherer, Alessia Arado, Chiara Baldo, Olivier Patat, Demeer Benedicte, Diego Lopergolo, Filippo M. Santorelli, Tobias B. Haack, Andreas Dufke, Miriam Bertrand, Ruth J. Falb, Angelika Riess, Peter Krieg, Stephanie Spranger, Maria Francesca Bedeschi, Maria Iascone, Sarah Josephi-Taylor, Tony Roscioli, Michael F. Buckley, Jan Liebelt, Aditi I. Dagli, Emmelien Aten, Anna C. E. Hurst, Alesha Hicks, Mohnish Suri, Ermal Aliu, Sunil Naik, Richard Sidlow, Juliette Coursimault, Gael Nicolas, Hanna Kuepper, Florence Petit, Veyan Ibrahim, Deniz Top, Francesca Di Cara, Raymond J. Louie, Elliot Stolerman, Han G. Brunner, Lisenka E. L. M. Vissers, Jamie M. Kramer, Tjitske Kleefstra
Summary: This study examines the clinical and molecular spectrum of individuals with KDM6B variants and challenges the accuracy of the current description of the disorder. Cognitive deficits are consistently observed, but the overall phenotype varies greatly. The study also demonstrates the disruptive effect of certain KDM6B variants on protein structure and introduces a functional testing paradigm for assessing these variants. The findings highlight the importance of international collaboration and rigorous functional analysis in diagnosing rare disorders.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2023)
Letter
Clinical Neurology
Roger L. Albin
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chiara Giovenino, Slavica Trajkova, Lisa Pavinato, Simona Cardaropoli, Verdiana Pullano, Enza Ferrero, Elena Sukarova-Angelovska, Silvia Carestiato, Paola Salmin, Antonina Rinninella, Anthony Battaglia, Luca Bertoli, Antonio Fadda, Flavia Palermo, Diana Carli, Alessandro Mussa, Paola Dimartino, Alessandro Bruselles, Tawfiq Froukh, Giorgia Mandrile, Barbara Pasini, Silvia De Rubeis, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Tommaso Pippucci, Marco Tartaglia, Marzia Rossato, Massimo Delledonne, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Alfredo Brusco
Summary: By studying the frequency of non-random X chromosome inactivation (XCI) in the mothers of male patients and affected females with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), we found skewed XCI in a subgroup of undiagnosed NDD cases. Re-evaluation of genetic variants and clinical data improved the diagnostic yield, leading to the identification of new X-linked disorders.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Behrang Mahjani, Lambertus Klei, Ariela S. Buxbaum Grice, Henrik Larsson, Christina M. Hultman, Sven Sandin, Bernie Devlin, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Dorothy E. Grice
Summary: This study found that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the background risk of Tourette disorder and chronic motor or vocal tic disorders (CTD). The analysis of data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register showed that genetic maternal effect plays a role in the risk of CTD. The results estimated that 60.7% of CTD risk is due to direct genetic effect, 4.8% is due to genetic maternal effect, and 0.5% is due to environmental maternal effect.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Olivier Landry, Arnaud Francois, Meryl-Farelle Oye Mintsa Mi-Mba, Marie-Therese Traversy, Cyntia Tremblay, Vincent Emond, David A. Bennett, Karen H. Gylys, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Frederic Calon
Summary: Synaptic loss is closely related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology and symptoms. The deficiency of Shank3 protein is associated with severe cognitive symptoms in children. This study found that the loss of Shank3a in the parietal cortex of individuals with AD is associated with cognitive decline. The deficiency of Shank3a in AD mice exacerbates cognitive impairment and anxious behavior.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Dongjing Liu, Dara Meyer, Brian Fennessy, Claudia Feng, Esther Cheng, Jessica Johnson, You Jeong Park, Marysia-Kolbe Rieder, Steven Ascolillo, Agathe de Pins, Amanda Dobbyn, Dannielle Lebovitch, Emily Moya, Tan-Hoang Nguyen, Lillian Wilkins, Arsalan Hassan, Henry Aghanwa, Katherine E. Burdick, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Enrico Domenici, Sophia Frangou, Annette M. Hartmann, Claudine Laurent-Levinson, Dheeraj Malhotra, Carlos N. Pato, Michele T. Pato, Kerry Ressler, Panos Roussos, Dan Rujescu, Celso Arango, Alessandro Bertolino, Giuseppe Blasi, Luisella Bocchio-Chiavetto, Dominique Campion, Vaughan Carr, Janice M. Fullerton, Massimo Gennarelli, Javier Gonzalez-Penas, Douglas F. Levinson, Bryan Mowry, Vishwajit L. Nimgaokar, Giulio Pergola, Antonio Rampino, Jorge A. Cervilla, Margarita Rivera, Sibylle G. Schwab, Dieter B. Wildenauer, Mark Daly, Benjamin Neale, Tarjinder Singh, Michael C. O'Donovan, Michael J. Owen, James T. Walters, Muhammad Ayub, Anil K. Malhotra, Todd Lencz, Patrick F. Sullivan, Pamela Sklar, Eli A. Stahl, Laura M. Huckins, Alexander W. Charney, Henry S. Aghanwa, Moin Ansari, Aftab Asif, Rubina Aslam, Jose L. Ayuso, Tim Bigdeli, Stefano Bignotti, Julio Bobes, Bekh Bradley, Peter Buckley, Murray J. Cairns, Stanley V. Catts, Abdul Rashid Chaudhry, David Cohen, Brett L. Collins, Angele Consoli, Javier Costas, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Michael Davidson, Kenneth L. Davis, Faith Dickerson, Imtiaz A. Dogar, Elodie Drapeau, Lourdes Fananas, Ayman Fanous, Warda Fatima, Mar Fatjo, Cheryl Filippich, Joseph Friedman, John F. Fullard, Penelope Georgakopoulos, Marianna Giannitelli, Ina Giegling, Melissa J. Green, Olivier Guillin, Blanca Gutierrez, Herlina Y. Handoko, Stella Kim Hansen, Maryam Haroon, Vahram Haroutunian, Frans A. Henskens, Fahad Hussain, Assen V. Jablensky, Jamil Junejo, Brian J. Kelly, Shams-Ud-Din A. Khan, Muhammad N. S. Khan, Anisuzzaman Khan, Hamid R. Khawaja, Bakht Khizar, Steven P. Kleopoulos, James Knowles, Bettina Konte, Agung A. A. A. Kusumawardhani, Naeemullah Leghari, Xudong Liu, Adriana Lori, Carmel M. Loughland, Khalid Mahmood, Saqib Mahmood, Dolores Malaspina, Danish Malik, Amy McNaughton, Patricia T. Michie, Vasiliki Michopolous, Esther Molina, Maria D. Molto, Asim Munir, Gerard Muntane, Farooq Naeem, Derek J. Nancarrow, Amina Nasar, Tanvir Nasr, Jude U. Ohaeri, Jurg Ott, Christos Pantelis, Sathish Periyasamy, Ana G. Pinto, Abigail Powers, Belen Ramos, Nusrat H. Rana, Mark Rapaport, Abraham Reichenberg, Safaa Saker-Delye, Ulrich Schall, Peter R. Schofield, Rodney J. Scott, Megan Shanahan, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Calvin Sjaarda, Heather J. Smith, Jose Javier Suarez-Rama, Muhammad Tariq, Florence Thibaut, Paul A. Tooney, Muhammad Umar, Elisabet Vilella, Mark Weiser, Jin Qin Wu, Robert Yolken
Summary: A recent study on schizophrenia identified ten genes with a causal role and a concentration of rare variant signals in evolutionarily constrained genes. The study mainly focused on individuals of European ancestry, and the generalizability of the findings in non-European populations is unclear. To address this gap, researchers sequenced a new cohort of schizophrenic cases and controls of diverse ancestries and found consistent results supporting the rare allelic spectrum of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia across different human populations.
Article
Neurosciences
Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Fadi Ayad, David A. Barriere, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M. Cardoso, Marina Celestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin Clavijo, Luis Colon-Perez, Samuel Cramer, Tolomeo Daniele, Elaine Dempsey, Yujian Diao, Arno Doelemeyer, David Dopfel, Lenka Dvorakova, Claudia Falfan-Melgoza, Francisca F. Fernandes, Caitlin F. Fowler, Antonio Fuentes-Ibanez, Clement Garin, Eveline Gelderman, Carla E. M. Golden, Chao C. G. Guo, Marloes J. A. G. Henckens, Lauren A. Hennessy, Peter Herman, Nita Hofwijks, Corey Horien, Tudor M. Ionescu, Jolyon Jones, Johannes Kaesser, Eugene Kim, Henriette Lambers, Alberto Lazari, Sung-Ho Lee, Amanda Lillywhite, Yikang Liu, Yanyan Y. Liu, Alejandra Lopez-Castro, Xavier Lopez-Gil, Zilu Ma, Eilidh MacNicol, Dan Madularu, Francesca Mandino, Sabina Marciano, Matthew J. McAuslan, Patrick McCunn, Alison McIntosh, Xianzong Meng, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Stephan Missault, Federico Moro, Daphne M. P. Naessens, Laura J. Nava-Gomez, Hiroi Nonaka, Juan J. Ortiz, Jaakko Paasonen, Lore M. Peeters, Mickael Pereira, Pablo D. Perez, Marjory Pompilus, Malcolm Prior, Rustam Rakhmatullin, Henning M. Reimann, Jonathan Reinwald, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Alejandro Rivera-Olvera, Daniel Ruiz-Perez, Gabriele Russo, Tobias J. Rutten, Rie Ryoke, Markus Sack, Piergiorgio Salvan, Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, Aileen Schroeter, Bhedita J. Seewoo, Erwan Selingue, Aline Seuwen, Bowen Shi, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Joanna A. Smith, Corrie Smith, Filip Sobczak, Petteri J. Stenroos, Milou Straathof, Sandra Strobelt, Akira Sumiyoshi, Kengo Takahashi, Maria E. Torres-Garcia, Raul Tudela, Monica van den Berg, Kajo van der Marel, Aran T. B. van Hout, Roberta Vertullo, Benjamin Vidal, Roel M. Vrooman, Victora X. Wang, Isabel Wank, David J. G. Watson, Ting Yin, Yongzhi Zhang, Stefan Zurbruegg, Sophie Achard, Sarael Alcauter, Dorothee P. Auer, Emmanuel L. Barbier, Juergen Baudewig, Christian F. Beckmann, Nicolau Beckmann, Guillaume J. P. C. Becq, Erwin L. A. Blezer, Radu Bolbos, Susann Boretius, Sandrine Bouvard, Eike Budinger, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana Cash, Victoria Chapman, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Luisa Ciobanu, Bram F. Coolen, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Marc Dhenain, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Oscar Esteban, Cornelius Faber, Marcelo Febo, Kirk W. Feindel, Gianluigi Forloni, Jeremie Fouquet, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, Natalia Gass, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Alessandro Gozzi, Olli Grohn, Andrew Harkin, Arend Heerschap, Xavier Helluy, Kristina Herfert, Arnd Heuser, Judith R. Homberg, Danielle J. Houwing, Fahmeed Hyder, Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua, Ileana O. Jelescu, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gen Kaneko, Ryuta Kawashima, Shella D. Keilholz, Georgios A. Keliris, Clare Kelly, Christian Kerskens, Jibran Y. Khokhar, Peter C. Kind, Jean-Baptiste Langlois, Jason P. Lerch, Monica A. Lopez-Hidalgo, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Fabien Marchand, Rogier B. Mars, Gerardo Marsella, Edoardo Micotti, Emma Munoz-Moreno, Jamie Near, Thoralf Niendorf, Willem M. Otte, Patricia Pais-Roldan, Wen-Ju Pan, Roberto A. Prado-Alcala, Gina L. Quirarte, Jennifer Rodger, Tim Rosenow, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista, Alexander Sartorius, Stephen J. Sawiak, Tom W. J. Scheenen, Noam Shemesh, Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Amir Shmuel, Guadalupe Soria, Ron Stoop, Garth J. Thompson, Sally M. Till, Nick Todd, Annemie van der Linden, Annette van der Toorn, Geralda A. F. van Tilborg, Christian Vanhove, Andor Veltien, Marleen Verhoye, Lydia Wachsmuth, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Patricia Wenk, Xin Yu, Valerio Zerbi, Nanyin Zhang, Baogui B. Zhang, Luc Zimmer, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Andreas Hess
Summary: Task-free functional connectivity in animal models is an important tool for studying connectivity phenomena. However, the lack of standardized protocols and analysis methods hampers result comparison and integration. In this study, the authors developed a standardized protocol, called StandardRat, for rat functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisition and analysis, which enhances the detection of functional connectivity patterns and promotes cooperation in neuroscience research.
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Correction
Neurosciences
Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Fadi Ayad, David A. Barriere, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M. Cardoso, Marina Celestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin Clavijo, Luis Colon-Perez, Samuel Cramer, Tolomeo Daniele, Elaine Dempsey, Yujian Diao, Arno Doelemeyer, David Dopfel, Lenka Dvorakova, Claudia Falfan-Melgoza, Francisca F. Fernandes, Caitlin F. Fowler, Antonio Fuentes-Ibanez, Clement M. Garin, Eveline Gelderman, Carla E. M. Golden, Chao C. G. Guo, Marloes J. A. G. Henckens, Lauren A. Hennessy, Peter Herman, Nita Hofwijks, Corey Horien, Tudor M. Ionescu, Jolyon Jones, Johannes Kaesser, Eugene Kim, Henriette Lambers, Alberto Lazari, Sung-Ho Lee, Amanda Lillywhite, Yikang Liu, Yanyan Y. Liu, Alejandra Lopez-Castro, Xavier Lopez-Gil, Zilu Ma, Eilidh MacNicol, Dan Madularu, Francesca Mandino, Sabina Marciano, Matthew J. McAuslan, Patrick McCunn, Alison McIntosh, Xianzong Meng, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Stephan Missault, Federico Moro, Daphne M. P. Naessens, Laura J. Nava-Gomez, Hiroi Nonaka, Juan J. Ortiz, Jaakko Paasonen, Lore M. Peeters, Mickael Pereira, Pablo D. Perez, Marjory Pompilus, Malcolm Prior, Rustam Rakhmatullin, Henning M. Reimann, Jonathan Reinwald, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Alejandro Rivera-Olvera, Daniel Ruiz-Perez, Gabriele Russo, Tobias J. Rutten, Rie Ryoke, Markus Sack, Piergiorgio Salvan, Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, Aileen Schroeter, Bhedita J. Seewoo, Erwan Selingue, Aline Seuwen, Bowen Shi, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Joanna A. B. Smith, Corrie Smith, Filip Sobczak, Petteri J. Stenroos, Milou Straathof, Sandra Strobelt, Akira Sumiyoshi, Kengo Takahashi, Maria E. Torres-Garcia, Raul Tudela, Monica van den Berg, Kajo van der Marel, Aran T. B. van Hout, Roberta Vertullo, Benjamin Vidal, Roel M. Vrooman, Victora X. Wang, Isabel Wank, David J. G. Watson, Ting Yin, Yongzhi Zhang, Stefan Zurbruegg, Sophie Achard, Sarael Alcauter, Dorothee P. Auer, Emmanuel L. Barbier, Juergen Baudewig, Christian F. Beckmann, Nicolau Beckmann, Guillaume J. P. C. Becq, Erwin L. A. Blezer, Radu Bolbos, Susann Boretius, Sandrine Bouvard, Eike Budinger, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana Cash, Victoria Chapman, Kai-Hsiang Chuang, Luisa Ciobanu, Bram F. Coolen, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Marc Dhenain, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Oscar Esteban, Cornelius Faber, Marcelo Febo, Kirk W. Feindel, Gianluigi Forloni, Jeremie Fouquet, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, Natalia Gass, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Alessandro Gozzi, Olli Groehn, Andrew Harkin, Arend Heerschap, Xavier Helluy, Kristina Herfert, Arnd Heuser, Judith R. Homberg, Danielle J. Houwing, Fahmeed Hyder, Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua, Ileana O. Jelescu, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gen Kaneko, Ryuta Kawashima, Shella D. Keilholz, Georgios A. Keliris, Clare Kelly, Christian Kerskens, Jibran Y. Khokhar, Peter C. Kind, Jean-Baptiste Langlois, Jason P. Lerch, Monica A. Lopez-Hidalgo, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Fabien Marchand, Rogier B. Mars, Gerardo Marsella, Edoardo Micotti, Emma Munoz-Moreno, Jamie Near, Thoralf Niendorf, Willem M. Otte, Patricia Pais-Roldan, Wen-Ju Pan, Roberto A. Prado-Alcala, Gina L. Quirarte, Jennifer Rodger, Tim Rosenow, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista, Alexander Sartorius, Stephen J. Sawiak, Tom W. J. Scheenen, Noam Shemesh, Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Amir Shmuel, Guadalupe Soria, Ron Stoop, Garth J. Thompson, Sally M. Till, Nick Todd, Annemie van der Linden, Annette van der Toorn, Geralda A. F. van Tilborg, Christian Vanhove, Andor Veltien, Marleen Verhoye, Lydia Wachsmuth, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Patricia Wenk, Xin Yu, Valerio Zerbi, Nanyin Zhang, Baogui B. Zhang, Luc Zimmer, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Andreas Hess
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yu-Han Hsu, Greta Pintacuda, Ruize Liu, Eugeniu Nacu, Apri Kim, Kalliopi Tsafou, Natalie Petrossian, William Crotty, Jung Min Suh, Jackson Riseman, Jacqueline M. Martin, Julia C. Biagini, Daya Mena, Joshua K. T. Ching, Edyta Malolepsza, Taibo Li, Tarjinder Singh, Tian Ge, Shawn B. Egri, Benjamin Tanenbaum, Caroline R. Stanclift, Annie M. Apffel, Steven A. Carr, Monica Schenone, Jake Jaffe, Nadine Fornelos, Hailiang Huang, Kevin C. Eggan, Kasper Lage
Summary: Genetics have identified many schizophrenia risk genes and found common signals between schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, there is often a lack of functional interpretation of these genes in relevant brain cell types. In this study, the researchers investigated the protein network of six schizophrenia risk genes in induced cortical neurons, finding that it is enriched for common variant risk of schizophrenia and down-regulated in affected individuals. They also identified a sub-network centered on HCN1 that is enriched for common variant risk and contains proteins associated with rare protein-truncating mutations in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This study highlights the importance of brain cell-type-specific interactomes in interpreting genetic and transcriptomic data in schizophrenia and related disorders.
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Genetics & Heredity
Siddharth Srivastava, Mustafa Sahin, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Latha Valluripalli Soorya, Audrey Thurm, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Afua Asante-Otoo, William E. E. Bennett Jr, Catalina Betancur, Tegwyn H. Brickhouse, Maria Rita Passos Bueno, Maya Chopra, Celanie K. Christensen, Jennifer L. Cully, Kira Dies, Kate Friedman, Brittany Gummere, J. Lloyd Holder Jr, Andres Jimenez-Gomez, Carolyn A. Kerins, Omar Khan, Teresa Kohlenberg, Ronald V. Lacro, Lori A. Levi, Tess Levy, Diane Linnehan, Loth Eva, Baharak Moshiree, Ann Neumeyer, Scott M. Paul, Katy Phelan, Antonio Persico, Robert Rapaport, Curtis Rogers, Jeffrey Saland, Swathi Sethuram, Janine Shapiro, Phillip I. Tarr, Kerry M. White, Jordan Wickstrom, Kent M. Williams, Dana Winrow, Brian Wishart, Alexander Kolevzon
Summary: Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) is a genetic condition caused by SHANK3 haploinsufficiency and characterized by a wide range of neurodevelopmental and systemic manifestations. Updated clinical management guidelines have been established to reflect the latest knowledge in PMS and provide guidance for clinicians, researchers, and the general community. These guidelines were developed by a taskforce consisting of clinical experts in PMS and representatives from the parent community.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Tess Levy, Thariana Pichardo, Hailey Silver, Bonnie Lerman, Jessica Zweifach, Danielle Halpern, Paige M. Siper, Alexander Kolevzon, Joseph D. Buxbaum
Summary: The study investigates the differences between individuals with CHAMP1 gene mutations and those with deletions of the gene. It reveals that individuals with mutations have lower adaptive functioning and more severe clinical phenotype compared to those with deletions. The findings suggest that the pathogenesis of CHAMP1 disorder may differ between groups, which has implications for future therapies.
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Clinical Neurology
Roger Albin, Nikolas Grotewold
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Lisa Pavinato, Andrea Delle Vedove, Diana Carli, Marta Ferrero, Silvia Carestiato, Jennifer L. Howe, Emanuele Agolini, Domenico A. Coviello, Ingrid van de Laar, Ping Yee Billie Au, Eleonora Di Gregorio, Alessandra Fabbiani, Susanna Croci, Maria Antonietta Mencarelli, Lucia P. Bruno, Alessandra Renieri, Danai Veltra, Christalena Sofocleous, Laurence Faivre, Benoit Mazel, Hana Safraou, Anne-Sophie Denomme-Pichon, Marjon A. van Slegtenhorst, Noor Giesbertz, Richard H. van Jaarsveld, Anna Childers, R. Curtis Rogers, Antonio Novelli, Silvia De Rubeis, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Stephen W. Scherer, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Brunhilde Wirth, Alfredo Brusco
Summary: Pavinato et al. describe a novel autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder associated with loss of CAPRIN1, a regulator of the transport/translation of neuronal mRNAs critical for synaptic plasticity. The disorder is characterized by language impairment/speech delay, intellectual disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. They demonstrate morphological and functional alterations associated with this disorder in human neuronal models.
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Genetics & Heredity
Michael S. Breen, Xuanjia Fan, Tess Levy, Rebecca M. Pollak, Brett Collins, Aya Osman, Anna S. Tocheva, Mustafa Sahin, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Latha Soorya, Audrey Thurm, Craig M. Powell, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Alexander Kolevzon, Joseph D. Buxbaum
Summary: By analyzing the peripheral blood transcriptome and serum metabolome of individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), researchers discovered gene expression profiles closely related to 22q13.3 deletion size. Additionally, they found underexpressed genes in PMS participants with class II mutations, not linked to 22q13.3, which were associated with glycosphingolipid metabolism, NCAM1 interactions, and cytotoxic natural killer (NK) immune cell signatures. This study provides new insights into the molecular perturbations and potential therapeutic targets for PMS.
HUMAN GENETICS AND GENOMICS ADVANCES
(2023)