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Dima D, Modabbernia A, Papachristou E, Doucet GE, Agartz I, Aghajani M, Akudjedu TN, Albajes‐Eizagirre A, Alnæs D, Alpert KI, Andersson M, Andreasen NC, Andreassen OA, Asherson P, Banaschewski T, Bargallo N, Baumeister S, Baur‐Streubel R, Bertolino A, Bonvino A, Boomsma DI, Borgwardt S, Bourque J, Brandeis D, Breier A, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Buitelaar JK, Busatto GF, Buckner RL, Calhoun V, Canales‐Rodríguez EJ, Cannon DM, Caseras X, Castellanos FX, Cervenka S, Chaim‐Avancini TM, Ching CRK, Chubar V, Clark VP, Conrod P, Conzelmann A, Crespo‐Facorro B, Crivello F, Crone EA, Dannlowski U, Dale AM, Davey C, de Geus EJC, de Haan L, de Zubicaray GI, den Braber A, Dickie EW, Di Giorgio A, Doan NT, Dørum ES, Ehrlich S, Erk S, Espeseth T, Fatouros‐Bergman H, Fisher SE, Fouche J, Franke B, Frodl T, Fuentes‐Claramonte P, Glahn DC, Gotlib IH, Grabe H, Grimm O, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Gruber O, Gruner P, Gur RE, Gur RC, Hahn T, Harrison BJ, Hartman CA, Hatton SN, Heinz A, Heslenfeld DJ, Hibar DP, Hickie IB, Ho B, Hoekstra PJ, Hohmann S, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Hosten N, Howells FM, Hulshoff Pol HE, Huyser C, Jahanshad N, James A, Jernigan TL, Jiang J, Jönsson EG, Joska JA, Kahn R, Kalnin A, Kanai R, Klein M, Klyushnik TP, Koenders L, Koops S, Krämer B, Kuntsi J, Lagopoulos J, Lázaro L, Lebedeva I, Lee WH, Lesch K, Lochner C, Machielsen MWJ, Maingault S, Martin NG, Martínez‐Zalacaín I, Mataix‐Cols D, Mazoyer B, McDonald C, McDonald BC, McIntosh AM, McMahon KL, McPhilemy G, Meinert S, Menchón JM, Medland SE, Meyer‐Lindenberg A, Naaijen J, Najt P, Nakao T, Nordvik JE, Nyberg L, Oosterlaan J, de la Foz VO, Paloyelis Y, Pauli P, Pergola G, Pomarol‐Clotet E, Portella MJ, Potkin SG, Radua J, Reif A, Rinker DA, Roffman JL, Rosa PGP, Sacchet MD, Sachdev PS, Salvador R, Sánchez‐Juan P, Sarró S, Satterthwaite TD, Saykin AJ, Serpa MH, Schmaal L, Schnell K, Schumann G, Sim K, Smoller JW, Sommer I, Soriano‐Mas C, Stein DJ, Strike LT, Swagerman SC, Tamnes CK, Temmingh HS, Thomopoulos SI, Tomyshev AS, Tordesillas‐Gutiérrez D, Trollor JN, Turner JA, Uhlmann A, van den Heuvel OA, van den Meer D, van der Wee NJA, van Haren NEM, van't Ent D, van Erp TGM, Veer IM, Veltman DJ, Voineskos A, Völzke H, Walter H, Walton E, Wang L, Wang Y, Wassink TH, Weber B, Wen W, West JD, Westlye LT, Whalley H, Wierenga LM, Williams SCR, Wittfeld K, Wolf DH, Worker A, Wright MJ, Yang K, Yoncheva Y, Zanetti MV, Ziegler GC, Thompson PM, Frangou S. Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:452-469. [PMID: 33570244 PMCID: PMC8675429 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Age has a major effect on brain volume. However, the normative studies available are constrained by small sample sizes, restricted age coverage and significant methodological variability. These limitations introduce inconsistencies and may obscure or distort the lifespan trajectories of brain morphometry. In response, we capitalized on the resources of the Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium to examine age-related trajectories inferred from cross-sectional measures of the ventricles, the basal ganglia (caudate, putamen, pallidum, and nucleus accumbens), the thalamus, hippocampus and amygdala using magnetic resonance imaging data obtained from 18,605 individuals aged 3-90 years. All subcortical structure volumes were at their maximum value early in life. The volume of the basal ganglia showed a monotonic negative association with age thereafter; there was no significant association between age and the volumes of the thalamus, amygdala and the hippocampus (with some degree of decline in thalamus) until the sixth decade of life after which they also showed a steep negative association with age. The lateral ventricles showed continuous enlargement throughout the lifespan. Age was positively associated with inter-individual variability in the hippocampus and amygdala and the lateral ventricles. These results were robust to potential confounders and could be used to examine the functional significance of deviations from typical age-related morphometric patterns.
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- Danai Dima
- Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Social SciencesCity University of LondonLondonUK
- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Psychiatric ResearchDiakonhjemmet HospitalOsloNorway
- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
| | - Moji Aghajani
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical CentreLocation VUmcAmsterdamNetherlands
- Institute of Education & Child StudiesSection Forensic Family & Youth Care, Leiden UniversityNetherlands
| | - Theophilus N. Akudjedu
- Institute of Medical Imaging and Visualisation, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Social SciencesBournemouth UniversityPooleUK
- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandDublinIreland
| | - Anton Albajes‐Eizagirre
- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesMadridSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Integrative Medical BiologyUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
| | - Nancy C. Andreasen
- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
| | - Ole A. Andreassen
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
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- Imaging Diagnostic Centre, Hospital ClinicBarcelona University ClinicBarcelonaSpain
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institut (IDIBAPS)BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyUniversity of WürzburgWurzburgGermany
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansUniversity of Bari Aldo MoroBariItaly
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansUniversity of Bari Aldo MoroBariItaly
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- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry & PsychotherapyUniversity of LübeckLubeckGermany
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyAustralia
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- Rudolf Magnus Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands
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- Donders Center of Medical NeurosciencesRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Centre for Cognitive NeuroimagingRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Brain ScienceHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusettsUSA
- Department of PsychiatryMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Tri‐Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, USA Neurology, Radiology, Psychiatry and Biomedical EngineeringEmory UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandDublinIreland
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and GenomicsCardiff UniversityCardiffUK
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholm RegionStockholmSweden
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of NeuroscienceKU Leuven, Mind‐Body Research GroupLeuvenBelgium
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
- Mind Research NetworkAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversité de MontréalMontrealCanada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyUniversity of TübingenTubingenGermany
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- HU Virgen del Rocio, IBiS, University of SevillaSevillaSpain
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- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxTalenceFrance
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- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural SciencesErasmus University RotterdamRotterdamNetherlands
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut PsychologieUniversiteit LeidenLeidenNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterMunsterGermany
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- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, Department of Neuroscience and Department of RadiologyUniversity of California‐San DiegoLa JollaCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Academisch Medisch CentrumUniversiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Faculty of Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneAustralia
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- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics LaboratoryCampbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMHTorontoCanada
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
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- Biological Psychiatry Lab, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni Rotondo (FG)Italy
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital HTNesoddenNorway
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- Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental NeurosciencesTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Faculty of MedicineUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Bjørknes CollegeOsloNorway
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholm RegionStockholmSweden
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Human GeneticsRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of PsychiatryRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyOtto von Guericke University MagdeburgMagdeburgGermany
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesMadridSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tommy Fuss Center for Neuropsychiatric Disease Research Boston Children's HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of PsychologyStanford UniversityStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)Site Rostock/GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum FrankfurtGoethe UniversitatFrankfurtGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
- Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
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- Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Department of General PsychiatryHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
| | - Patricia Gruner
- Department of PsychiatryYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUSA
- Learning Based Recovery CenterVA Connecticut Health SystemNew HavenConnecticutUSA
| | - Rachel E. Gur
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Lifespan Brain Institute, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Lifespan Brain Institute, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterMunsterGermany
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry CenterUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
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- Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulationUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenNetherlands
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- Brain and Mind CentreUniversity of SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Faculty of MedicineUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Departments of Experimental and Clinical PsychologyVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Personalized HealthcareGenentech, IncSouth San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Brain and Mind CentreUniversity of SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenNetherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
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- Department of PsychologyYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
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- Norbert Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and NeuroradiologyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum FrankfurtGoethe UniversitatFrankfurtGermany
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- Bascule, Academic Centre for Children and Adolescent PsychiatryDuivendrechtNetherlands
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Center for Human Development, Departments of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and RadiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyAustralia
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholm RegionStockholmSweden
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- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Department of RadiologyOhio State University College of MedicineColumbusOhioUSA
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- Department of NeuroinformaticsAraya, IncTokyoJapan
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California San DiegoLa JollaCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
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- Rudolf Magnus Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands
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- Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Department of General PsychiatryHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience, Thompson InstituteUniversity of the Sunshine CoastSunshine CoastAustralia
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and PsychologyHospital Clinic, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Mental Health Research CenterRussian Academy of Medical SciencesMoskvaRussia
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- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyJulius‐Maximilians Universität WürzburgWurzburgGermany
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- SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of PsychiatryStellenbosch UniversityStellenboschSouth Africa
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- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxTalenceFrance
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- Queensland Institute of Medical ResearchBerghofer Medical Research InstituteBrisbaneAustralia
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholm RegionStockholmSweden
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- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxTalenceFrance
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandDublinIreland
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- School of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneAustralia
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandDublinIreland
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterMunsterGermany
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Queensland Institute of Medical ResearchBerghofer Medical Research InstituteBrisbaneAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Donders Centre for Cognitive NeuroimagingRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandDublinIreland
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- Department of Clinical MedicineKyushu UniversityKyushuJapan
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- Department of Integrative Medical BiologyUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå Center for Functional Brain ImagingUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Clinical NeuropsychologyAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marques de Valdecilla”Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL)SantanderSpain
- Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyUniversity of WürzburgWurzburgGermany
- Centre of Mental HealthUniversity of WürzburgWurzburgGermany
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansUniversity of Bari Aldo MoroBariItaly
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesMadridSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesMadridSpain
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant PauUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California at IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institut (IDIBAPS)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of PsychiatryPsychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)Site Rostock/GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of PsychiatryMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress ResearchMcLean Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marques de Valdecilla”Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL)SantanderSpain
- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)MadridSpain
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental HealthParkvilleAustralia
- Centre for Youth Mental HealthThe University of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of PsychiatryPsychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUK
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- Institute of Mental HealthSingaporeSingapore
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- Center for Genomic MedicineMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenUniversity Medical Center GroningenGöttingenNetherlands
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of PsychiatryStellenbosch UniversityStellenboschSouth Africa
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Psychiatric ResearchDiakonhjemmet HospitalOsloNorway
- PROMENTA Research Center, Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesMadridSpain
- Neuroimaging Unit, Technological FacilitiesValdecilla Biomedical Research Institute IDIVALSantanderSpain
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyAustralia
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- College of Arts and SciencesGeorgia State UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical CentreLocation VUmcAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life SciencesMaastricht UniversityMaastrichtNetherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenNetherlands
- Leiden Institute for Brain and CognitionLeidenNetherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/PsychologyErasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children's HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands
| | - Dennis van't Ent
- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California at IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryUniversity of California IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Institute of Community MedicineUniversity Medicine, Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Faculty of MedicineUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical CentreLocation VUmcAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Faculty of Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneAustralia
- Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics LaboratoryCampbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMHTorontoCanada
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- Institute of Community MedicineUniversity Medicine, Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), partner site GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Faculty of MedicineUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
| | - Yang Wang
- Department of RadiologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
| | - Thomas H. Wassink
- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
| | - Bernd Weber
- Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition ResearchUniversity of BonnBonnGermany
| | - Wei Wen
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesSydneyAustralia
| | - John D. West
- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
| | - Lars T. Westlye
- Biological Psychiatry Lab, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni Rotondo (FG)Italy
| | | | - Lara M. Wierenga
- Developmental and Educational Psychology UnitInstitute of Psychology, Leiden UniversityLeidenNetherlands
| | - Steven C. R. Williams
- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
| | - Katharina Wittfeld
- Department of PsychologyStanford UniversityStanfordCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and NeuroscienceKing's College LondonLondonUK
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- National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeFloridaUSA
| | - Yulyia Yoncheva
- Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryChild Study Center, NYU Langone HealthNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital Sírio‐LibanêsSão PauloBrazil
| | - Georg C. Ziegler
- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Center of Mental HealthUniversity of WürzburgWurzburgGermany
| | - Paul M. Thompson
- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
| | - Sophia Frangou
- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew YorkUSA
- Department of Psychiatry, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain HealthUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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Frangou S, Modabbernia A, Williams SCR, Papachristou E, Doucet GE, Agartz I, Aghajani M, Akudjedu TN, Albajes‐Eizagirre A, Alnæs D, Alpert KI, Andersson M, Andreasen NC, Andreassen OA, Asherson P, Banaschewski T, Bargallo N, Baumeister S, Baur‐Streubel R, Bertolino A, Bonvino A, Boomsma DI, Borgwardt S, Bourque J, Brandeis D, Breier A, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Buitelaar JK, Busatto GF, Buckner RL, Calhoun V, Canales‐Rodríguez EJ, Cannon DM, Caseras X, Castellanos FX, Cervenka S, Chaim‐Avancini TM, Ching CRK, Chubar V, Clark VP, Conrod P, Conzelmann A, Crespo‐Facorro B, Crivello F, Crone EA, Dale AM, Dannlowski U, Davey C, de Geus EJC, de Haan L, de Zubicaray GI, den Braber A, Dickie EW, Di Giorgio A, Doan NT, Dørum ES, Ehrlich S, Erk S, Espeseth T, Fatouros‐Bergman H, Fisher SE, Fouche J, Franke B, Frodl T, Fuentes‐Claramonte P, Glahn DC, Gotlib IH, Grabe H, Grimm O, Groenewold NA, Grotegerd D, Gruber O, Gruner P, Gur RE, Gur RC, Hahn T, Harrison BJ, Hartman CA, Hatton SN, Heinz A, Heslenfeld DJ, Hibar DP, Hickie IB, Ho B, Hoekstra PJ, Hohmann S, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Hosten N, Howells FM, Hulshoff Pol HE, Huyser C, Jahanshad N, James A, Jernigan TL, Jiang J, Jönsson EG, Joska JA, Kahn R, Kalnin A, Kanai R, Klein M, Klyushnik TP, Koenders L, Koops S, Krämer B, Kuntsi J, Lagopoulos J, Lázaro L, Lebedeva I, Lee WH, Lesch K, Lochner C, Machielsen MWJ, Maingault S, Martin NG, Martínez‐Zalacaín I, Mataix‐Cols D, Mazoyer B, McDonald C, McDonald BC, McIntosh AM, McMahon KL, McPhilemy G, Meinert S, Menchón JM, Medland SE, Meyer‐Lindenberg A, Naaijen J, Najt P, Nakao T, Nordvik JE, Nyberg L, Oosterlaan J, de la Foz VO, Paloyelis Y, Pauli P, Pergola G, Pomarol‐Clotet E, Portella MJ, Potkin SG, Radua J, Reif A, Rinker DA, Roffman JL, Rosa PGP, Sacchet MD, Sachdev PS, Salvador R, Sánchez‐Juan P, Sarró S, Satterthwaite TD, Saykin AJ, Serpa MH, Schmaal L, Schnell K, Schumann G, Sim K, Smoller JW, Sommer I, Soriano‐Mas C, Stein DJ, Strike LT, Swagerman SC, Tamnes CK, Temmingh HS, Thomopoulos SI, Tomyshev AS, Tordesillas‐Gutiérrez D, Trollor JN, Turner JA, Uhlmann A, van den Heuvel OA, van den Meer D, van der Wee NJA, van Haren NEM, van 't Ent D, van Erp TGM, Veer IM, Veltman DJ, Voineskos A, Völzke H, Walter H, Walton E, Wang L, Wang Y, Wassink TH, Weber B, Wen W, West JD, Westlye LT, Whalley H, Wierenga LM, Wittfeld K, Wolf DH, Worker A, Wright MJ, Yang K, Yoncheva Y, Zanetti MV, Ziegler GC, Thompson PM, Dima D. Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:431-451. [PMID: 33595143 PMCID: PMC8675431 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Delineating the association of age and cortical thickness in healthy individuals is critical given the association of cortical thickness with cognition and behavior. Previous research has shown that robust estimates of the association between age and brain morphometry require large-scale studies. In response, we used cross-sectional data from 17,075 individuals aged 3-90 years from the Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium to infer age-related changes in cortical thickness. We used fractional polynomial (FP) regression to quantify the association between age and cortical thickness, and we computed normalized growth centiles using the parametric Lambda, Mu, and Sigma method. Interindividual variability was estimated using meta-analysis and one-way analysis of variance. For most regions, their highest cortical thickness value was observed in childhood. Age and cortical thickness showed a negative association; the slope was steeper up to the third decade of life and more gradual thereafter; notable exceptions to this general pattern were entorhinal, temporopolar, and anterior cingulate cortices. Interindividual variability was largest in temporal and frontal regions across the lifespan. Age and its FP combinations explained up to 59% variance in cortical thickness. These results may form the basis of further investigation on normative deviation in cortical thickness and its significance for behavioral and cognitive outcomes.
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- Sophia Frangou
- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York CityNew YorkUSA
- Department of Psychiatry, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain HealthUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- Department of NeuroimagingInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
| | - Efstathios Papachristou
- Psychology and Human DevelopmentInstitute of Education, University College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
| | - Gaelle E. Doucet
- Institute for Human NeuroscienceBoys Town National Research HospitalOmahaNebraskaUSA
| | - Ingrid Agartz
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Psychiatric ResearchDiakonhjemmet HospitalOsloNorway
- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetSolnaSweden
| | - Moji Aghajani
- Department of PsychiatryAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
- Section Forensic Family & Youth CareInstitute of Education & Child StudiesLeiden UniversityNetherlands
| | - Theophilus N. Akudjedu
- Institute of Medical Imaging and Visualisation, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Social SciencesBournemouth UniversityPooleUnited Kingdom
- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
| | - Anton Albajes‐Eizagirre
- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
| | - Dag Alnæs
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- Division of Mental Health and AddictionInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Integrative Medical BiologyUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
| | - Nancy C. Andreasen
- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
| | - Ole A. Andreassen
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
| | - Philip Asherson
- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry CentreInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
| | - Tobias Banaschewski
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
| | - Nuria Bargallo
- Imaging Diagnostic CentreHospital Clinic, Barcelona University ClinicBarcelonaSpain
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institut (IDIBAPS)BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyUniversity of WürzburgWürzburgGermany
| | - Alessandro Bertolino
- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansUniversity of Bari Aldo MoroBariItaly
| | - Aurora Bonvino
- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Dorret I. Boomsma
- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Stefan Borgwardt
- Department of Psychiatry & PsychotherapyUniversity of LübeckLübeckGermany
| | - Josiane Bourque
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
| | - Daniel Brandeis
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
| | - Henry Brodaty
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South WalesAustralia
| | - Rachel M. Brouwer
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands
| | - Jan K. Buitelaar
- Donders Center of Medical NeurosciencesRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Centre for Cognitive NeuroimagingRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Brain ScienceHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusettsUSA
- Department of PsychiatryMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Tri‐Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyEmory University, USA Neurology, Radiology, Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, Emory UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
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- MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and GenomicsCardiff UniversityCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetSolnaSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholmSweden
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- Mind‐Body Research Group, Department of NeuroscienceKU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
| | - Vincent P. Clark
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
- Mind Research NetworkAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversité de MontréalMontrealCanada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyUniversity of TübingenTübingenGermany
| | - Benedicto Crespo‐Facorro
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- HU Virgen del Rocio, IBiSUniversity of SevillaSevillaSpain
| | - Fabrice Crivello
- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
| | - Eveline A. Crone
- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural SciencesErasmus University RotterdamRotterdamNetherlands
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut PsychologieUniversiteit LeidenLeidenNetherlands
| | - Anders M. Dale
- Center for Multimodal Imaging and Genetics, Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of California‐San DiegoSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of California‐San DiegoSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
| | - Udo Dannlowski
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterGermany
| | | | - Eco J. C. de Geus
- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Lieuwe de Haan
- Academisch Medisch CentrumUniversiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Greig I. de Zubicaray
- Faculty of Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of TechnologyQueenslandAustralia
| | - Anouk den Braber
- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Erin W. Dickie
- Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics Laboratory, Campbell Family Mental Health Research InstituteCAMHCampbellCanada
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
| | - Annabella Di Giorgio
- Biological Psychiatry LabFondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni Rotondo (FG)Italy
| | - Nhat Trung Doan
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
| | - Erlend S. Dørum
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital HTNesoddenNorway
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- Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental NeurosciencesTechnische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
- Faculty of MedicineUniversitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU DresdenDresdenGermany
| | - Susanne Erk
- Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
| | - Thomas Espeseth
- Biological Psychiatry LabFondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni Rotondo (FG)Italy
- Bjørknes CollegeOsloNorway
| | - Helena Fatouros‐Bergman
- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetSolnaSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholmSweden
| | - Simon E. Fisher
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Language and Genetics DepartmentMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsNijmegenNetherlands
| | - Jean‐Paul Fouche
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
| | - Barbara Franke
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Human GeneticsRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of PsychiatryRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
| | - Thomas Frodl
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyOtto von Guericke University MagdeburgMagdeburgGermany
| | - Paola Fuentes‐Claramonte
- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
| | - David C. Glahn
- Department of PsychiatryTommy Fuss Center for Neuropsychiatric Disease Research Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
| | - Ian H. Gotlib
- Department of PsychologyStanford UniversityStanfordCaliforniaUSA
| | - Hans‐Jörgen Grabe
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)Site Rostock/GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
| | - Oliver Grimm
- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Goethe UniversitatFrankfurtGermany
| | - Nynke A. Groenewold
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Department of General PsychiatryHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
| | - Patricia Gruner
- Department of PsychiatryYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUSA
- Learning Based Recovery CenterVA Connecticut Health SystemWest HavenConnecticutUSA
| | - Rachel E. Gur
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Lifespan Brain Institute, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
| | - Ruben C. Gur
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Lifespan Brain Institute, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
| | - Tim Hahn
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterGermany
| | - Ben J. Harrison
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry CenterUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
| | - Catharine A. Hartman
- Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulationUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenNetherlands
| | - Sean N. Hatton
- Brain and Mind CentreUniversity of SydneySydneyAustralia
| | - Andreas Heinz
- Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
| | - Dirk J. Heslenfeld
- Departments of Experimental and Clinical PsychologyVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Derrek P. Hibar
- Personalized Healthcare, Genentech, Inc.South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
| | - Ian B. Hickie
- Brain and Mind CentreUniversity of SydneySydneyAustralia
| | - Beng‐Choon Ho
- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
| | - Pieter J. Hoekstra
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenNetherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental HealthHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
| | - Avram J. Holmes
- Department of PsychologyYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUSA
| | - Martine Hoogman
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Human GeneticsRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
| | - Norbert Hosten
- Norbert Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and NeuroradiologyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
| | - Fleur M. Howells
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
- Neuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- De Bascule, Academic Centre for Children and Adolescent PsychiatryAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Neda Jahanshad
- Mind‐Body Research Group, Department of NeuroscienceKU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
| | - Anthony James
- Department of PsychiatryOxford UniversityOxfordUnited Kingdom
| | - Terry L. Jernigan
- Center for Human Development, Departments of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and RadiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
| | - Jiyang Jiang
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South WalesAustralia
| | - Erik G. Jönsson
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
| | - John A. Joska
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
| | - Rene Kahn
- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York CityNew YorkUSA
| | - Andrew Kalnin
- Department of RadiologyOhio State University College of MedicineColumbusOhioUSA
| | - Ryota Kanai
- Department of NeuroinformaticsAraya, Inc.TokyoJapan
| | - Marieke Klein
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of Human GeneticsRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenNetherlands
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California San DiegoSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
| | | | - Laura Koenders
- Academisch Medisch CentrumUniversiteit van AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Sanne Koops
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands
| | - Bernd Krämer
- Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Department of General PsychiatryHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
| | - Jonna Kuntsi
- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry CentreInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
| | - Jim Lagopoulos
- Sunshine Coast Mind and NeuroscienceThompson Institute, University of the Sunshine CoastQueenslandAustralia
| | - Luisa Lázaro
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and PsychologyHospital Clinic, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Mental Health Research CenterRussian Academy of Medical SciencesMoscowRussia
| | - Won Hee Lee
- Department of PsychiatryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York CityNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyJulius‐Maximilians Universität WürzburgWürzburgGermany
| | - Christine Lochner
- SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of PsychiatryStellenbosch UniversityStellenboschSouth Africa
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- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Queensland Institute of Medical ResearchBerghofer Medical Research InstituteQueenslandAustralia
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetSolnaSweden
- Stockholm Health Care ServicesStockholmSweden
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- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR5293Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- School of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of TechnologyQueenslandAustralia
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MünsterGermany
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Queensland Institute of Medical ResearchBerghofer Medical Research InstituteQueenslandAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCentral Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Donders Centre for Cognitive NeuroimagingRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourRadboud UniversityNijmegenNetherlands
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- Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics and NCBES Galway Neuroscience CentreNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
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- Department of Clinical MedicineKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan
| | | | - Lars Nyberg
- Department of Integrative Medical BiologyUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
- Department of Radiation SciencesUmeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Clinical NeuropsychologyAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
| | - Víctor Ortiz‐García de la Foz
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity Hospital “Marques de Valdecilla”, Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL)SantanderSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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- Department of NeuroimagingInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyUniversity of WürzburgWürzburgGermany
- Centre of Mental HealthUniversity of WürzburgWürzburgGermany
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense OrgansUniversity of Bari Aldo MoroBariItaly
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Department of PsychiatryHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California at IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetSolnaSweden
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institut (IDIBAPS)BarcelonaSpain
- Department of Psychosis StudiesInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and PsychotherapyUniversitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Goethe UniversitatFrankfurtGermany
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of PsychiatryMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress ResearchMcLean Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity Hospital “Marques de Valdecilla”, Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL)SantanderSpain
- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)ValderrebolloSpain
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- OrygenThe National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental HealthMelbourneAustralia
- Centre for Youth Mental HealthThe University of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry CentreInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision MedicineInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of General PsychiatryInstitute of Mental HealthSingaporeSingapore
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- Center for Genomic MedicineMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenUniversity Medical Center GroningenGroningenNetherlands
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- Mental Health Research Networking Center (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain
- Department of PsychiatryBellvitge University Hospital‐IDIBELL, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of PsychiatryStellenbosch UniversityStellenboschSouth Africa
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- Queensland Brain InstituteUniversity of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Psychiatric ResearchDiakonhjemmet HospitalOsloNorway
- PROMENTA Research Center, Department of PsychologyUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- FIDMAG Germanes HospitalàriesBarcelonaSpain
- Neuroimaging Unit, Technological FacilitiesValdecilla Biomedical Research Institute IDIVALCantabriaSpain
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South WalesAustralia
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- College of Arts and SciencesGeorgia State UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Department of PsychiatryAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- Division of Mental Health and AddictionInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
- School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life SciencesMaastricht UniversityMaastrichtNetherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenNetherlands
- Leiden Institute for Brain and CognitionLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenNetherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/PsychologyErasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children's HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Biological PsychologyVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California at IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryUniversity of California IrvineIrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Institute of Community MedicineUniversity Medicine, Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of PsychiatryAmsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics Laboratory, Campbell Family Mental Health Research InstituteCAMHCampbellCanada
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
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- Institute of Community MedicineUniversity Medicine, Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), partner site GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyCharité‐Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of BathBathUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIllinoisUSA
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- Department of RadiologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of MedicineThe University of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
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- Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition ResearchUniversity of BonnBonnGermany
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South WalesKensingtonNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Division of PsychiatryUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- Developmental and Educational Psychology Unit, Institute of PsychologyLeiden UniversityLeidenNetherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medicine Greifswald, University of GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)Site Rostock/GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain HealthUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryFlorida State UniversityTallahasseeFloridaUSA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Study CenterNYU Langone HealthNew York CityNew YorkUSA
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de MedicinaUniversidade de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
- Instituto de Ensino e PesquisaHospital Sírio‐LibanêsSão PauloBrazil
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Center of Mental HealthUniversity of WürzburgWürzburgGermany
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarina del ReyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of NeuroimagingInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Social SciencesCity University of LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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Teeuw J, Brouwer RM, Koenis MMG, Swagerman SC, Boomsma DI, Hulshoff Pol HE. Genetic Influences on the Development of Cerebral Cortical Thickness During Childhood and Adolescence in a Dutch Longitudinal Twin Sample: The Brainscale Study. Cereb Cortex 2018; 29:978-993. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Jalmar Teeuw
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 5384 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 5384 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 5384 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 5384 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Koenis MMG, Brouwer RM, Swagerman SC, van Soelen ILC, Boomsma DI, Hulshoff Pol HE. Association between structural brain network efficiency and intelligence increases during adolescence. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 39:822-836. [PMID: 29139172 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Adolescence represents an important period during which considerable changes in the brain take place, including increases in integrity of white matter bundles, and increasing efficiency of the structural brain network. A more efficient structural brain network has been associated with higher intelligence. Whether development of structural network efficiency is related to intelligence, and if so to which extent genetic and environmental influences are implicated in their association, is not known. In a longitudinal study, we mapped FA-weighted efficiency of the structural brain network in 310 twins and their older siblings at an average age of 10, 13, and 18 years. Age-trajectories of global and local FA-weighted efficiency were related to intelligence. Contributions of genes and environment were estimated using structural equation modeling. Efficiency of brain networks changed in a non-linear fashion from childhood to early adulthood, increasing between 10 and 13 years, and leveling off between 13 and 18 years. Adolescents with higher intelligence had higher global and local network efficiency. The dependency of FA-weighted global efficiency on IQ increased during adolescence (rph =0.007 at age 10; 0.23 at age 18). Global efficiency was significantly heritable during adolescence (47% at age 18). The genetic correlation between intelligence and global and local efficiency increased with age; genes explained up to 87% of the observed correlation at age 18. In conclusion, the brain's structural network differentiates depending on IQ during adolescence, and is under increasing influence of genes that are also associated with intelligence as it develops from late childhood to adulthood.
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- Marinka M G Koenis
- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Swagerman SC, van Bergen E, Dolan C, de Geus EJC, Koenis MMG, Hulshoff Pol HE, Boomsma DI. Genetic transmission of reading ability. Brain Lang 2017; 172:3-8. [PMID: 26300341 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Reading is the processing of written language. Family resemblance for reading (dis)ability might be due to transmission of a genetic liability or due to family environment, including cultural transmission from parents to offspring. Familial-risk studies exploring neurobehavioral precursors for dyslexia and twin studies can only speak to some of these issues, but a combined twin-family study can resolve the nature of the transmitted risk. Word-reading fluency scores of 1100 participants from 431 families (with twins, siblings and their parents) were analyzed to estimate genetic and environmental sources of variance, and to test the presence of assortative mating and cultural transmission. Results show that variation in reading ability is mainly caused by additive and non-additive genetic factors (64%). The substantial assortative mating (rfather-mother=0.38) has scientific and clinical implications. We conclude that parents and offspring tend to resemble each other for genetic reasons, and not due to cultural transmission.
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- Suzanne C Swagerman
- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, 9 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands; EMGO(+) Institute of Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Brouwer RM, Panizzon MS, Glahn DC, Hibar DP, Hua X, Jahanshad N, Abramovic L, de Zubicaray GI, Franz CE, Hansell NK, Hickie IB, Koenis MMG, Martin NG, Mather KA, McMahon KL, Schnack HG, Strike LT, Swagerman SC, Thalamuthu A, Wen W, Gilmore JH, Gogtay N, Kahn RS, Sachdev PS, Wright MJ, Boomsma DI, Kremen WS, Thompson PM, Hulshoff Pol HE. Genetic influences on individual differences in longitudinal changes in global and subcortical brain volumes: Results of the ENIGMA plasticity working group. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:4444-4458. [PMID: 28580697 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Structural brain changes that occur during development and ageing are related to mental health and general cognitive functioning. Individuals differ in the extent to which their brain volumes change over time, but whether these differences can be attributed to differences in their genotypes has not been widely studied. Here we estimate heritability (h2 ) of changes in global and subcortical brain volumes in five longitudinal twin cohorts from across the world and in different stages of the lifespan (N = 861). Heritability estimates of brain changes were significant and ranged from 16% (caudate) to 42% (cerebellar gray matter) for all global and most subcortical volumes (with the exception of thalamus and pallidum). Heritability estimates of change rates were generally higher in adults than in children suggesting an increasing influence of genetic factors explaining individual differences in brain structural changes with age. In children, environmental influences in part explained individual differences in developmental changes in brain structure. Multivariate genetic modeling showed that genetic influences of change rates and baseline volume significantly overlapped for many structures. The genetic influences explaining individual differences in the change rate for cerebellum, cerebellar gray matter and lateral ventricles were independent of the genetic influences explaining differences in their baseline volumes. These results imply the existence of genetic variants that are specific for brain plasticity, rather than brain volume itself. Identifying these genes may increase our understanding of brain development and ageing and possibly have implications for diseases that are characterized by deviant developmental trajectories of brain structure. Hum Brain Mapp 38:4444-4458, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Rachel M Brouwer
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Marina del Rey, California
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Marina del Rey, California
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Marina del Rey, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Clinical Research Unit, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Imaging Genetics Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Marina del Rey, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Swagerman SC, de Geus EJ, Koenis MM, Hulshoff Pol HE, Boomsma DI, Kan KJ. Domain dependent associations between cognitive functioning and regular voluntary exercise behavior. Brain Cogn 2015; 97:32-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2015.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Franić S, Groen-Blokhuis MM, Dolan CV, Kattenberg MV, Pool R, Xiao X, Scheet PA, Ehli EA, Davies GE, van der Sluis S, Abdellaoui A, Hansell NK, Martin NG, Hudziak JJ, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Swagerman SC, Hulshoff Pol HE, de Geus EJC, Bartels M, Ropers HH, Hottenga JJ, Boomsma DI. Intelligence: shared genetic basis between Mendelian disorders and a polygenic trait. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 23:1378-83. [PMID: 25712083 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Multiple inquiries into the genetic etiology of human traits indicated an overlap between genes underlying monogenic disorders (eg, skeletal growth defects) and those affecting continuous variability of related quantitative traits (eg, height). Extending the idea of a shared genetic basis between a Mendelian disorder and a classic polygenic trait, we performed an association study to examine the effect of 43 genes implicated in autosomal recessive cognitive disorders on intelligence in an unselected Dutch population (N=1316). Using both single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)- and gene-based association testing, we detected an association between intelligence and the genes of interest, with genes ELP2, TMEM135, PRMT10, and RGS7 showing the strongest associations. This is a demonstration of the relevance of genes implicated in monogenic disorders of intelligence to normal-range intelligence, and a corroboration of the utility of employing knowledge on monogenic disorders in identifying the genetic variability underlying complex traits.
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- Sanja Franić
- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Avera Institute for Human Genetics, Avera McKennan Hospital, University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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- Avera Institute for Human Genetics, Avera McKennan Hospital, University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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- Section Functional Genomics, Department of Clinical Genetics, VU Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology and Neurogenetics Laboratories, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology and Neurogenetics Laboratories, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroimaging Research Group, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Brouwer RM, van Soelen ILC, Swagerman SC, Schnack HG, Ehli EA, Kahn RS, Hulshoff Pol HE, Boomsma DI. Genetic associations between intelligence and cortical thickness emerge at the start of puberty. Hum Brain Mapp 2013; 35:3760-73. [PMID: 24382822 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Cognitive abilities are related to (changes in) brain structure during adolescence and adulthood. Previous studies suggest that associations between cortical thickness and intelligence may be different at different ages. As both intelligence and cortical thickness are heritable traits, the question arises whether the association between cortical thickness development and intelligence is due to genes influencing both traits. We study this association in a longitudinal sample of young twins. Intelligence was assessed by standard IQ tests at age 9 in 224 twins, 190 of whom also underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Three years later at age 12, 177/125 twins returned for a follow-up measurement of intelligence/MRI scanning, respectively. We investigated whether cortical thickness was associated with intelligence and if so, whether this association was driven by genes. At age 9, there were no associations between cortical thickness and intelligence. At age 12, a negative relationship emerged. This association was mainly driven by verbal intelligence, and manifested itself most prominently in the left hemisphere. Cortical thickness and intelligence were explained by the same genes. As a post hoc analysis, we tested whether a specific allele (rs6265; Val66Met in the BDNF gene) contributed to this association. Met carriers showed lower intelligence and a thicker cortex, but only the association between the BDNF genotype and cortical thickness in the left superior parietal gyrus reached significance. In conclusion, it seems that brain areas contributing to (verbal) intellectual performance are specializing under the influence of genes around the onset of puberty.
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- Rachel M Brouwer
- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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