2017
The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity
Colclough G, Smith S, Nichols T, Winkler A, Sotiropoulos S, Glasser M, Van Essen D, Woolrich M. The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity. ELife 2017, 6: e20178. PMID: 28745584, PMCID: PMC5621837, DOI: 10.7554/elife.20178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingFunctional connectivity profilesNeuronal activityResonance imagingCortical regionsFunctional connectivityFMRI connectivityGenetic factorsConnectivity profilesMagnetoencephalographic recordingsBrain activityCognitive performanceHuman brain activityHuman Connectome ProjectMulti-modal connectivityConnectome ProjectDisease
2013
Identification of Pleiotropic Genetic Effects on Obesity and Brain Anatomy
Curran JE, McKay DR, Winkler AM, Olvera RL, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Kent JW, Kochunov P, Sprooten E, Knowles EE, Comuzzie AG, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Identification of Pleiotropic Genetic Effects on Obesity and Brain Anatomy. Human Heredity 2013, 75: 136-143. PMID: 24081229, PMCID: PMC3889074, DOI: 10.1159/000353953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBrain anatomyEnergy homeostasisDevelopment of obesityLeptin-induced signalingCortical surface areaMass indexGut signalsChronic diseasesGlobal burdenObesitySubcortical volumesBiologic underpinningsReward circuitrySupramarginal gyrusGenetic factorsMexican-American individualsCommon genetic mechanismPleiotropic genetic effectsAnatomyBrainNeuroanatomical variationAmerican individualsCurrent knowledgePleiotropic effects
2010
Genetic control over the resting brain
Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Carless MA, Curran JC, Olvera RL, Laird AR, Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Fox PT, Blangero J. Genetic control over the resting brain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 1223-1228. PMID: 20133824, PMCID: PMC2824276, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909969107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefault-mode functional connectivityDefault mode connectivityFunctional connectivityDefault mode networkGenetic factorsPosterior cingulate/precuneus regionBasal neural activityResting-state brain networksGray matter densityMedial prefrontal cortexLeft parahippocampal regionIntrinsic brain functionPsychiatric illnessNeurological illnessNeurophysiologic mechanismsAnatomic variationsRight cerebellumSuch illnessesParahippocampal regionBrain functionPrecuneus regionsPrefrontal cortexIllnessGenetic riskNeural activity