2024
Unraveling COVID-19 relationship with anxiety disorders and symptoms using genome-wide data
Asgel Z, Kouakou M, Koller D, Pathak G, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Polimanti R. Unraveling COVID-19 relationship with anxiety disorders and symptoms using genome-wide data. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 352: 333-341. PMID: 38382819, PMCID: PMC10939738, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety disordersAnxiety symptomsAnxiety outcomesPeriods of anxietyCorrelates of anxiety disordersGenome-wide dataLocal genetic correlationLatent causal variable analysesBrain morphologyAnxietyGenetic correlationsCOVID-19 positive statusGenetic causality proportionDisordersPleiotropic mechanismsMillion Veteran ProgramVeteran ProgramSymptomsCOVID-19 hospitalizationCOVID-19 Host Genetics InitiativeComorbidityMultiple lociHost Genetics InitiativeCOVID-19 outcomesPositive status
2023
Brainwide Mendelian Randomization Study of Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms
Zanoaga M, Friligkou E, He J, Pathak G, Koller D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Stein M, Polimanti R. Brainwide Mendelian Randomization Study of Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry 2023, 95: 810-817. PMID: 37967698, PMCID: PMC10978301, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging-derived phenotypesMiddle cingulate gyrusBrain imaging-derived phenotypesCingulate gyrusBrain structuresMultivariable Mendelian randomization analysesRight anterior superior temporal gyrusGray matter volumeMendelian randomizationAnterior superior temporal gyrusUK BiobankMendelian randomization studyFalse discovery rate correctionSuperior temporal gyrusMultivariable Mendelian randomizationMendelian randomization analysisMillion Veteran ProgramLarge cohortMatter volumeRandomization studySymptom-level analysesTemporal gyrusAnxiety disordersRandomization analysisGyrus