Association between genetic risk scoring for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with regional subcortical volumes

Caseras, X. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-6891, Tansey, K. E., Foley, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8390-2709 and Linden, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-9292 2015. Association between genetic risk scoring for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with regional subcortical volumes. Translational Psychiatry 5 , e692. 10.1038/tp.2015.195

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Abstract

Previous research has shown coincident abnormal regional brain volume in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) compared with controls. Whether these abnormalities are genetically driven or explained by secondary effects of the disorder or environmental factors is unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between genetic risk scoring (GRS) for SCZ and BD with volume of brain areas previously shown to be different between these clinical groups and healthy controls. We obtained subcortical brain volume measures and GRS for SCZ and BD from a sample of 274 healthy volunteers (71.4% females, mean age 24.7 (s.d. 6.9)). Volume of the globus pallidus was associated with the shared GRS between SCZ and BD, and also with the independent GRS for each of these disorders. Volume of the amygdala was associated with the non-shared GRS between SCZ and BD, and with the independent GRS for BD. Our results for volume of the globus pallidus support the idea of SCZ and BD sharing a common underlying neurobiological abnormality associated with a common genetic risk for both these disorders. Results for volume of the amygdala, though, would suggest the existence of a distinct mechanism only associated with genetic risk for BD. Finally, the lack of association between genetic risk and volume of most subcortical structures suggests that the volumetric differences reported in patient–control comparisons may not be genetically driven, but a consequence of the disorder or co-occurring environmental factors.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Springer Nature
ISSN:	2158-3188
Funders:	MRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	26 October 2015
Last Modified:	08 May 2023 20:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/84418

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