The genetic architecture of human cortical folding
Dennis van der Meer, Tobias Kaufmann, Alexey Shadrin, Carolina Makowski, Oleksandr Frei, Daniël Roelfs, Jennifer Monereo Sánchez, David E.J. Linden, Jaroslav Rokicki, Dag Alnæs, Christiaan de Leeuw, Wesley K. Thompson, Robert Loughnan, Chun Chieh Fan, Lars T. Westlye, Ole A. Andreassen, Anders M. Dale
Abstract
). Comparisons with cortical thickness and surface area indicated that sulcal depth has higher locus yield, heritability, and effective sample size. There was a large amount of genetic overlap between these traits, with gene-based analyses indicating strong associations with neurodevelopmental processes. Our findings demonstrate sulcal depth is a promising neuroimaging phenotype that may enhance our understanding of cortical morphology.
Topics & Concepts
GyrificationBiobankFolding (DSP implementation)Cerebral cortexBiologyCortex (anatomy)NeuroscienceGenomeComputational biologyMultivariate statisticsGenetic architectureEvolutionary biologyComputer scienceBioinformaticsGeneticsGeneMachine learningPhenotypeElectrical engineeringEngineeringGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGenomics and Rare Diseases