2024
The trajectory of anxiety symptoms during the transition from childhood to young adulthood is predicted by IQ and sex, but not polygenic risk scores
Salto A, Salum G, Hoffmann M, Santoro M, Zugman A, Pan P, Belangero S, Ito L, Doretto V, Croci M, Brañas M, de Giusti C, Da Silva‐Jr F, Ribeiro S, Miguel E, Leckman J. The trajectory of anxiety symptoms during the transition from childhood to young adulthood is predicted by IQ and sex, but not polygenic risk scores. JCPP Advances 2024 DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.12268.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety symptomsIntelligence quotientTrajectory class membershipPolygenic risk scoresTrajectory classesLate adolescenceCourse of anxiety symptomsScreen for Child Anxiety Related DisordersTrajectories of anxiety symptomsBrazilian High-Risk CohortYoung adulthoodEffect of intelligence quotientAnxiety related disordersHigh-decreasing classClass membershipLongitudinal studyConfirmatory factor analysisGrowth mixture modelingIncidence of anxiety symptomsInternalizing symptomatologyLow-increasing classHigher IQCognitive abilitiesAnxiety riskFactor analysis
2018
Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life
Axelrud L, Santoro M, Pine D, Talarico F, Gadelha A, Manfro G, Pan P, Jackowski A, Picon F, Brietzke E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bressan R, Miguel E, Rohde L, Hakonarson H, Pausova Z, Belangero S, Paus T, Salum G. Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2018, 175: 555-563. PMID: 29495896, PMCID: PMC6372950, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17050529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal volumeEarly-life cognitionCanadian sampleMemory taskCognitive abilitiesExecutive functionImmediate recallMemory performanceCognitive testsGenetic riskReplication sampleBrain algorithmPolygenic risk scoresStandardized testsLower hippocampal volumeDistinct tasksBrain structuresAlzheimer's diseaseCognitionIndependent samplesLate-life dementiaDevelopmental conditionsRecallPrevious evidenceTask