Analysis of 47,276 Brain Activity Scans Reveals Genetic Variants Influencing Brain

Researchers at AUCD's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, analyzed resting-state functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) images from 47,276 individuals to discover and validate common genetic variants influencing intrinsic brain activity. They identified 45 new genetic regions associated with brain functional signatures as well as brain activity-associated loci associated with brain disorders, as reported in Nature Genetics.

View the full analysis at https://rdcu.be/cL9Ww

This research was supported in part by grant funding to The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at UNC-Chapel Hill, P50 HD103573.