Neuroinformatic analyses of common and distinct genetic components associated with major neuropsychiatric disorders

Neuroinformatic analyses of common and distinct genetic components associated with major neuropsychiatric disorders

Major neuropsychiatric disorders are highly heritable, with mounting evidence suggesting that these disorders share overlapping sets of molecular and cellular underpinnings. In the current article we systematically test the degree of genetic commonality across six major neuropsychiatric disorders-attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders (Anx), autistic spectrum disorde...

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Distinct disorders affecting the brain share common genetic origins

Over the last few years, large cohorts of patients with distinct brain disorders of neuropsychiatric and neurological origin have been analyzed for copy number variation. Surprisingly, the same genetic abnormalities were found in cohorts of patients affected with mental retardation, autism, or schizophrenia.

Neuroleptics and Microglial Activation Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Microglial activation is one of common pathological findings in the lesions of many neurodegenerative diseases. In the 1980’s immunohistochemical studies, using anti-major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) antibodies identified activated microglia in postmortem brains of neurodegenerative diseases. Microglial activation in the brains of patients with neurodegenerative diseases has bee...

Common and Distinct Components in Data Fusion

Abstract In many areas of science multiple sets of data are collected pertaining to the same system. Examples are food products which are characterized by different sets of variables, bio-processes which are on-line sampled with different instruments, or biological systems of which different genomics measurements are obtained. Data fusion is concerned with analyzing such sets of data simultaneo...