183 results on '"Pettersson, Erik"'
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152. Increased Throughput by Parallelization of Library Preparation for Massive Sequencing
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Lundin, Sverker, primary, Stranneheim, Henrik, additional, Pettersson, Erik, additional, Klevebring, Daniel, additional, and Lundeberg, Joakim, additional
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- 2010
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153. International Personality Item Pool Big Five Factor Markers
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Pettersson, Erik, primary and Turkheimer, Eric, additional
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- 2010
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154. Evaluation is a Confound in Personality Measurment: Evidence and Implications
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Pettersson, Erik Tobias, primary
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155. Visual DNA as a diagnostic tool
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Pettersson, Erik, primary, Ståhl, Patrik L., additional, Mahdessian, Hovsep, additional, Käller, Max, additional, Lundeberg, Joakim, additional, and Ahmadian, Afshin, additional
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- 2009
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156. Generations of sequencing technologies
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Pettersson, Erik, primary, Lundeberg, Joakim, additional, and Ahmadian, Afshin, additional
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- 2009
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157. Expression profiling of signature gene sets with trinucleotide threading
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Zajac, Pawel, primary, Pettersson, Erik, additional, Gry, Marcus, additional, Lundeberg, Joakim, additional, and Ahmadian, Afshin, additional
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- 2008
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158. Slow Recrystallization of Tripalmitoylglycerol from MCT Oil Observed by2H NMR
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Smith, Kevin W., primary, Smith, Paul R., additional, Furó, István, additional, Pettersson, Erik Thyboll, additional, Cain, Fred W., additional, Favre, Loek, additional, and Talbot, Geoff, additional
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- 2007
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159. On experimental aspects of electrophoretic NMR
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Pettersson, Erik, primary, Furó, István, additional, and Stilbs, Peter, additional
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- 2004
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160. Surfactant/Nonionic Polymer Interaction. A NMR Diffusometry and NMR Electrophoretic Investigation
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Pettersson, Erik, primary, Topgaard, Daniel, additional, Stilbs, Peter, additional, and Söderman, Olle, additional
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- 2004
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161. Electrophoretic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ENMR)A New Tool for Studying Counterion Binding in Mixed Surfactant Systems
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Griffiths, Peter C., primary, Paul, Alison, additional, Stilbs, Peter, additional, and Pettersson, Erik, additional
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- 2003
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162. Amphiphilic Polymer Gel Electrolytes. 4. Ion Transport and Dynamics As Studied by Multinuclear Pulsed Field Gradient Spin-Echo NMR
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Gavelin, Patrik, primary, Jannasch, Patric, additional, Furó, István, additional, Pettersson, Erik, additional, Stilbs, Peter, additional, Topgaard, Daniel, additional, and Söderman, Olle, additional
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- 2002
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163. Harmonization of Neuroticism and Extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of Item Response Theory.
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Berg, Stéphanie, Moor, Marleen, McGue, Matt, Pettersson, Erik, Terracciano, Antonio, Verweij, Karin, Amin, Najaf, Derringer, Jaime, Esko, Tõnu, Grootheest, Gerard, Hansell, Narelle, Huffman, Jennifer, Konte, Bettina, Lahti, Jari, Luciano, Michelle, Matteson, Lindsay, Viktorin, Alexander, Wouda, Jasper, Agrawal, Arpana, and Allik, Jüri
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NEUROTICISM ,PATHOLOGICAL psychology ,GENETICS ,PSYCHOLOGY ,INVENTORIES - Abstract
Mega- or meta-analytic studies (e.g. genome-wide association studies) are increasingly used in behavior genetics. An issue in such studies is that phenotypes are often measured by different instruments across study cohorts, requiring harmonization of measures so that more powerful fixed effect meta-analyses can be employed. Within the Genetics of Personality Consortium, we demonstrate for two clinically relevant personality traits, Neuroticism and Extraversion, how Item-Response Theory (IRT) can be applied to map item data from different inventories to the same underlying constructs. Personality item data were analyzed in >160,000 individuals from 23 cohorts across Europe, USA and Australia in which Neuroticism and Extraversion were assessed by nine different personality inventories. Results showed that harmonization was very successful for most personality inventories and moderately successful for some. Neuroticism and Extraversion inventories were largely measurement invariant across cohorts, in particular when comparing cohorts from countries where the same language is spoken. The IRT-based scores for Neuroticism and Extraversion were heritable (48 and 49 %, respectively, based on a meta-analysis of six twin cohorts, total N = 29,496 and 29,501 twin pairs, respectively) with a significant part of the heritability due to non-additive genetic factors. For Extraversion, these genetic factors qualitatively differ across sexes. We showed that our IRT method can lead to a large increase in sample size and therefore statistical power. The IRT approach may be applied to any mega- or meta-analytic study in which item-based behavioral measures need to be harmonized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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164. CP/MAS -NMR spectroscopy applied to structure and interaction studies on cellulose I
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Larsson, Per Tomas, primary, Hult, Eva-Lena, additional, Wickholm, Kristina, additional, Pettersson, Erik, additional, and Iversen, Tommy, additional
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- 1999
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165. Childhood and adolescence outcomes in offspring to parents with bipolar disorder: the impact of lifetime parental comorbidity, parental sex, and bipolar subtype.
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Takami Lageborn, Christine, Zhou, Mengping, Boman, Marcus, Sjölander, Arvid, Larsson, Henrik, D'Onofrio, Brian M., Pettersson, Erik, Lichtenstein, Paul, and Landén, Mikael
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Background Methods Results Conclusions Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder have increased risks of their own psychopathology. However, a large‐scale survey of psychiatric, somatic, and adverse social outcomes up to adulthood, which could aid in prioritizing and tailoring prevention, is lacking. It also remains to clarify how risks are modified by other parental factors.Swedish population registers were linked to compare offspring having (N = 24,788) and not having (N = 247,880) a parent with bipolar disorder with respect to psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication, birth‐related and somatic conditions, social outcomes, accidents, suicide attempts, and mortality. Individuals were followed until age 18. We estimated the influence of lifetime parental psychiatric comorbidity, bipolar disorder subtype, and sex on outcomes.Children of parents with bipolar disorder had 2–3 times higher risks of all psychiatric diagnoses, except for bipolar disorder, for which the risk was 11‐fold. Significantly increased risks were also found for several somatic conditions, low school grades, criminal behavior, victimization, accidents, and suicidal behavior. Adjusting for lifetime parental psychiatric comorbidity attenuated most associations. Offspring of a parent with bipolar disorder type 2 had statistically significantly higher risks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, respiratory tract conditions, and accidents compared with offspring of a parent with bipolar disorder type 1. Offspring of mothers with bipolar disorder had higher risks of several psychiatric diagnoses, respiratory tract conditions, low school grades, and accidents compared with offspring of fathers with bipolar disorder. Having two parents with bipolar disorder entailed the highest risks of psychiatric outcomes in offspring.Early intervention and family support are particularly warranted for the offspring of a parent with bipolar disorder in the presence of lifetime parental psychiatric comorbidity, when the parent has bipolar disorder type 2, or when the mother or both parents have bipolar disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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166. Zur Kinetik der Diketopiperazinspaltung.
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v. Euler, Hans, primary and Pettersson, Erik, additional
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167. The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry
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Giannakopoulou, Olga, Lin, Kuang, Meng, Xiangrui, Su, Mei-Hsin, Kuo, Po-Hsiu, Peterson, Roseann E., Awasthi, Swapnil, Moscati, Arden, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Bass, Nick, Millwood, Iona Y., Chen, Yiping, Chen, Zhengming, Chen, Hsi-Chung, Lu, Mong-Liang, Huang, Ming-Chyi, Chen, Chun-Hsin, Stahl, Eli A., Loos, Ruth J. F., Mullins, Niamh, Ursano, Robert J., Kessler, Ronald C., Stein, Murray B., Sen, Srijan, Scott, Laura J., Burmeister, Margit, Fang, Yu, Tyrrell, Jess, Jiang, Yunxuan, Tian, Chao, McIntosh, Andrew M., Ripke, Stephan, Dunn, Erin C., Kendler, Kenneth S., Walters, Robin G., Lewis, Cathryn M., Kuchenbaecker, Karoline, Wray, Naomi R., Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Coon, Hilary, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Craddock, Nick, Crawford, Gregory E., Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian J., Degenhardt, Franziska, Derks, Eske M., Direk, Nese, Dolan, Conor V., Eley, Thalia C., Escott-Price, Valentina, Kiadeh, Farnush Farhadi Hassan, Finucane, Hilary K., Foo, Jerome C., Forstner, Andreas J., Frank, Josef, Gaspar, Héléna A., Gill, Michael, Goes, Fernando S., Gordon, Scott D., Grove, Jakob, Hall, Lynsey S., Hansen, Christine Søholm, Hansen, Thomas F., Herms, Stefan, Hickie, Ian B., Hoffmann, Per, Homuth, Georg, Horn, Carsten, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Howard, David M., Hougaard, David M., Ising, Marcus, Jansen, Rick, Jones, Ian, Jones, Lisa A., Jorgenson, Eric, Knowles, James A., Kohane, Isaac S., Kraft, Julia, Kretzschmar, Warren W., Kutalik, Zoltán, Li, Yihan, Lind, Penelope A., Luykx, Jurjen J., MacIntyre, Donald J., MacKinnon, Dean F., Maier, Robert M., Maier, Wolfgang, Marchini, Jonathan, Mbarek, Hamdi, McGrath, Patrick, McGuffin, Peter, Medland, Sarah E., Mehta, Divya, Middeldorp, Christel M., Mihailov, Evelin, Milaneschi, Yuri, Milani, Lili, Mondimore, Francis M., Montgomery, Grant W., Mostafavi, Sara, Nauck, Matthias, Ng, Bernard, Nivard, Michel G., Nyholt, Dale R., O'Reilly, Paul F., Oskarsson, Hogni, Owen, Michael J., Painter, Jodie N., Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz, Pettersson, Erik, Peyrot, Wouter J., Pistis, Giorgio, Posthuma, Danielle, Quiroz, Jorge A., Qvist, Per, Rice, John P., Riley, Brien P., Rivera, Margarita, Mirza, Saira Saeed, Schoevers, Robert, Schulte, Eva C., Shen, Ling, Shi, Jianxin, Shyn, Stanley I., Sigurdsson, Engilbert, Sinnamon, Grant C. B., Smit, Johannes H., Smith, Daniel J., Stefansson, Hreinn, Steinberg, Stacy, Streit, Fabian, Strohmaier, Jana, Tansey, Katherine E., Teismann, Henning, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Wesley, Thompson, Pippa A., Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E., Traylor, Matthew, Treutlein, Jens, Trubetskoy, Vassily, Uitterlinden, André G., Umbricht, Daniel, Van der Auwera, Sandra, van Hemert, Albert M., Viktorin, Alexander, Visscher, Peter M., Wang, Yunpeng, Webb, Bradley T., Weinsheimer, Shantel Marie, Wellmann, Jürgen, Willemsen, Gonneke, Witt, Stephanie H., Wu, Yang, Xi, Hualin S., Yang, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Arolt, Volker, Baune, Bernhard T, Berger, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Cichon, Sven, Dannlowski, Udo, de Geus, EJC, DePaulo, J. Raymond, Domenici, Enrico, Domschke, Katharina, Esko, Tõnu, Grabe, Hans J., Hamilton, Steven P., Hayward, Caroline, Heath, Andrew C., Kloiber, Stefan, Lewis, Glyn, Li, Qingqin S., Lucae, Susanne, Madden, Pamela AF, Magnusson, Patrik K., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Mors, Ole, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Müller-Myhsok, Bertram, Nordentoft, Merete, Nöthen, Markus M., O'Donovan, Michael C., Paciga, Sara A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perlis, Roy H., Porteous, David J., Potash, James B., Preisig, Martin, Rietschel, Marcella, Schaefer, Catherine, Schulze, Thomas G., Smoller, Jordan W., Stefansson, Kari, Tiemeier, Henning, Uher, Rudolf, Völzke, Henry, Weissman, Myrna M., Werge, Thomas, Levinson, Douglas F., Breen, Gerome, Børglum, Anders D., Sullivan, Patrick F., Agee, Michelle, Aslibekyan, Stella, Auton, Adam, Babalola, Elizabeth, Bell, Robert K., Bielenberg, Jessica, Bryc, Katarzyna, Bullis, Emily, Cameron, Briana, Coker, Daniella, Cuellar Partida, Gabriel, Dhamija, Devika, Das, Sayantan, Elson, Sarah L., Filshtein, Teresa, Fletez-Brant, Kipper, Fontanillas, Pierre, Freyman, Will, Gandhi, Pooja M., Heilbron, Karl, Hicks, Barry, Hinds, David A., Huber, Karen E., Jewett, Ethan M., Kleinman, Aaron, Kukar, Katelyn, Lane, Vanessa, Lin, Keng-Han, Lowe, Maya, Luff, Marie K., McCreight, Jennifer C., McIntyre, Matthew H., McManus, Kimberly F., Micheletti, Steven J., Moreno, Meghan E., Mountain, Joanna L., Mozaffari, Sahar V., Nandakumar, Priyanka, Noblin, Elizabeth S., O'Connell, Jared, Petrakovitz, Aaron A., Poznik, G. David, Schumacher, Morgan, Shastri, Anjali J., Shelton, Janie F., Shi, Jingchunzi, Shringarpure, Suyash, Tran, Vinh, Tung, Joyce Y., Wang, Xin, Wang, Wei, Weldon, Catherine H., Wilton, Peter, Avery, Daniel, Bennett, Derrick, Bian, Zheng, Boxall, Ruth, Bragg, Fiona, Chan, Ka Hung, Chang, Liang, Chang, Yumei, Chen, Biyun, Chen, Jinyan, Chen, Junshi, Chen, Naying, Chen, Ningyu, Chen, Xiaofang, Cheng, Liang, Clarke, Johnathan, Clarke, Robert, Collins, Rory, Dong, Caixia, Du, Huaidong, Du, Ranran, Fairhurst-Hunter, Zammy, Fan, Lei, Feng, Shixian, Fu, Zhongxi, Gan, Wei, Gao, Ruqin, Gao, Yulian, Ge, Pengfei, Gilbert, Simon, Gong, Weiwei, Gu, Qijun, Guo, Yu, Guo, Zhendong, Guo, Ziyan, Hacker, Alex, Han, Xiao, Hariri, Parisa, He, Pan, He, Tianyou, Hill, Mike, Holmes, Michael, Hou, Can, Hou, Wei, Hu, Chen, Hu, Ruying, Hu, Ximin, Hu, Yihe, Hua, Hua, Hua, Yujie, Huang, Yuelong, Im, Pek Kei, Iona, Andri, Jiang, Qilian, Jin, Jianrong, Kakkoura, Maria, Kang, Quan, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Kerosi, Rene, Kong, Ling, Lan, Jian, Lancaster, Garry, Li, Feifei, Li, Huimei, Li, Jianguo, Li, Liming, Li, Mingqiang, LI, Shanpeng, Li, Yanjie, Li, Yilei, Li, Zhongxiao, Lingli, Lingli, Liu, Chao, Liu, Depei, Liu, Duo, Liu, Fang, Liu, Huilin, Liu, Jiaqiu, Liu, Jingchao, Liu, Yongmei, Liu, Yun, Long, Huajun, Lu, Yan, Luo, Guojin, Lv, Jun, Lv, Silu, Ma, Liangcai, Mao, Enke, McDonnell, John, Meng, Fanwen, Meng, Jinhuai, Millwood, Iona, Nie, Qunhua, Ning, Feng, Pan, Dongxia, Pan, Rong, Pang, Zengchang, Pei, Pei, Peto, Richard, Pozarickij, Alfred, Qian, Yijian, Qin, Yulu, Qu, Chan, Ren, Xiaolan, Ryder, Paul, Sansome, Sam, Schmidt, Dan, Sherliker, Paul, Sohoni, Rajani, Stevens, Becky, Su, Jian, Sun, Huarong, Sun, Qiang, Sun, Xiaohui, Tang, Aiyu, Tang, Zhenzhu, Tao, Ran, Tian, Xiaocao, Turnbull, Iain, Walters, Robin, Wan, Meng, Wang, Chunmei, Wang, Chen, Wang, Hao, Wang, Junzheng, Wang, Lin, Wang, Ping, Wang, Tao, Wang, Shaojie, Wang, Sisi, Wang, Xiaohuan, Wei, Liuping, Weng, Min, Wright, Neil, Wu, Ming, Wu, Xianping, Wu, Shukuan, Xie, Kaixu, Xu, Qiaohua, Xu, Qinai, Xu, Xin, Yan, Shichun, Yang, Ling, Yang, Xiaoming, Yang, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yin, Li, Yu, Bo, Yu, Canqing, Yu, Min, Zhai, Yaoming, Zhang, Hao, Zhang, Hui, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Libo, Zhang, Ningmei, Zhang, Xi, Zhang, Xiaoyi, Zhang, Xukui, Zhong, Xunfu, Zhou, Ding Zhang, Zhou, Gang, Zhou, Jinyi, Zhou, Liyuan, Zhou, Weiwei, Zhou, Xue, Zhou, Yonglin, and Zou, Mingyuan
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168. Structure delineation in the presence of metal - A comparative phantom study using single and dual-energy computed tomography with and without metal artefact reduction.
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Pettersson E, Bäck A, Björk-Eriksson T, Lindencrona U, Petruson K, and Thilander-Klang A
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Background and Purpose: Metal artefacts in computed tomography (CT) images impairs structure delineation. These artefacts can potentially be reduced with dual-energy CT (DECT) with or without using metal artefact reduction (MAR). The purpose was to investigate how structure delineation in DECT with or without MAR and single-energy CT (SECT) images were affected by metals., Materials and Methods: A phantom with known irregular structures was developed. Reference structures were determined from a low-noise scan without metal. Bilateral hip prostheses were simulated with steel or titanium inserts. The phantom was scanned with SECT and fast-kV switching DECT with optional MAR. Four radiation oncologists delineated the structures in two phantom set-ups. Delineated structures were evaluated with Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff distance relative to the reference structures., Results: With titanium inserts, more structures were detected for non-MAR DECT compared to SECT while the same or less were detected with steel inserts. MAR improved delineation in DECT images. For steel inserts, three structures in the region of artefacts, were delineated by at least two oncologists with MAR-DECT compared to none with non-MAR DECT or SECT. The highest values of DSC for MAR-DECT were 0.69, 0.81 and 0.77 for those structures., Conclusions: Delineation was improved with non-MAR DECT compared to SECT, especially for titanium inserts. A larger improvement was seen with the use of MAR for both steel and titanium inserts. The improvement was dependent on the location of the structure relative to the inserts, and the structure contrast relative to the background., (© 2019 The Authors.)
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- 2019
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169. Criterion Validity and Utility of the General Factor of Psychopathology in Childhood: Predictive Associations With Independently Measured Severe Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescence.
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Pettersson E, Lahey BB, Larsson H, and Lichtenstein P
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- Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parents, Prospective Studies, Sweden, Anxiety psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Conduct Disorder psychology, Mental Health, Psychopathology, Twins statistics & numerical data
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Objective: We examined whether a parent-rated general factor of psychopathology in childhood would predict independently measured, severe adverse mental health outcomes in adolescence., Method: We used the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden, which targets all twin children in Sweden. Parents rated their children (N = 16,806) on 43 symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, conduct problems, and anxiety/emotionality when the twins turned 9 or 12 years of age. Adverse mental health outcomes in adolescence were retrieved from national registers, and included psychiatric diagnoses, prescription of anxiolytic or antidepressant medication, court convictions of crimes, and failure to achieve eligibility for high school., Results: Parent-rated inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, conduct problems, and anxiety/emotionality in childhood predicted all adverse mental health outcomes in adolescence (mean odds ratio = 1.76; range = 1.41-2.18; all p < .05). However, several of these associations were nonsignificant in a multiple regression framework, suggesting the influence of common variance. A general factor of psychopathology uniquely predicted all outcomes (mean odds ratio = 1.58; range = 1.34-1.84; all p < .05), whereas the specific factors predicted only a subset of the outcomes., Conclusion: Mental health problems in childhood are associated with a host of adverse outcomes in adolescence, and, to a considerable extent, these associations are driven by a general factor of psychopathology. The general factor may therefore be important to clinical prognosis, which informs clinical decision making for children., (Copyright © 2018 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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170. Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression.
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Wray NR, Ripke S, Mattheisen M, Trzaskowski M, Byrne EM, Abdellaoui A, Adams MJ, Agerbo E, Air TM, Andlauer TMF, Bacanu SA, Bækvad-Hansen M, Beekman AFT, Bigdeli TB, Binder EB, Blackwood DRH, Bryois J, Buttenschøn HN, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Cai N, Castelao E, Christensen JH, Clarke TK, Coleman JIR, Colodro-Conde L, Couvy-Duchesne B, Craddock N, Crawford GE, Crowley CA, Dashti HS, Davies G, Deary IJ, Degenhardt F, Derks EM, Direk N, Dolan CV, Dunn EC, Eley TC, Eriksson N, Escott-Price V, Kiadeh FHF, Finucane HK, Forstner AJ, Frank J, Gaspar HA, Gill M, Giusti-Rodríguez P, Goes FS, Gordon SD, Grove J, Hall LS, Hannon E, Hansen CS, Hansen TF, Herms S, Hickie IB, Hoffmann P, Homuth G, Horn C, Hottenga JJ, Hougaard DM, Hu M, Hyde CL, Ising M, Jansen R, Jin F, Jorgenson E, Knowles JA, Kohane IS, Kraft J, Kretzschmar WW, Krogh J, Kutalik Z, Lane JM, Li Y, Li Y, Lind PA, Liu X, Lu L, MacIntyre DJ, MacKinnon DF, Maier RM, Maier W, Marchini J, Mbarek H, McGrath P, McGuffin P, Medland SE, Mehta D, Middeldorp CM, Mihailov E, Milaneschi Y, Milani L, Mill J, Mondimore FM, Montgomery GW, Mostafavi S, Mullins N, Nauck M, Ng B, Nivard MG, Nyholt DR, O'Reilly PF, Oskarsson H, Owen MJ, Painter JN, Pedersen CB, Pedersen MG, Peterson RE, Pettersson E, Peyrot WJ, Pistis G, Posthuma D, Purcell SM, Quiroz JA, Qvist P, Rice JP, Riley BP, Rivera M, Saeed Mirza S, Saxena R, Schoevers R, Schulte EC, Shen L, Shi J, Shyn SI, Sigurdsson E, Sinnamon GBC, Smit JH, Smith DJ, Stefansson H, Steinberg S, Stockmeier CA, Streit F, Strohmaier J, Tansey KE, Teismann H, Teumer A, Thompson W, Thomson PA, Thorgeirsson TE, Tian C, Traylor M, Treutlein J, Trubetskoy V, Uitterlinden AG, Umbricht D, Van der Auwera S, van Hemert AM, Viktorin A, Visscher PM, Wang Y, Webb BT, Weinsheimer SM, Wellmann J, Willemsen G, Witt SH, Wu Y, Xi HS, Yang J, Zhang F, Arolt V, Baune BT, Berger K, Boomsma DI, Cichon S, Dannlowski U, de Geus ECJ, DePaulo JR, Domenici E, Domschke K, Esko T, Grabe HJ, Hamilton SP, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hinds DA, Kendler KS, Kloiber S, Lewis G, Li QS, Lucae S, Madden PFA, Magnusson PK, Martin NG, McIntosh AM, Metspalu A, Mors O, Mortensen PB, Müller-Myhsok B, Nordentoft M, Nöthen MM, O'Donovan MC, Paciga SA, Pedersen NL, Penninx BWJH, Perlis RH, Porteous DJ, Potash JB, Preisig M, Rietschel M, Schaefer C, Schulze TG, Smoller JW, Stefansson K, Tiemeier H, Uher R, Völzke H, Weissman MM, Werge T, Winslow AR, Lewis CM, Levinson DF, Breen G, Børglum AD, and Sullivan PF
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- Case-Control Studies, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Humans, Male, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Schizophrenia genetics, Depressive Disorder, Major genetics, Multifactorial Inheritance
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common illness accompanied by considerable morbidity, mortality, costs, and heightened risk of suicide. We conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis based in 135,458 cases and 344,901 controls and identified 44 independent and significant loci. The genetic findings were associated with clinical features of major depression and implicated brain regions exhibiting anatomical differences in cases. Targets of antidepressant medications and genes involved in gene splicing were enriched for smaller association signal. We found important relationships of genetic risk for major depression with educational attainment, body mass, and schizophrenia: lower educational attainment and higher body mass were putatively causal, whereas major depression and schizophrenia reflected a partly shared biological etiology. All humans carry lesser or greater numbers of genetic risk factors for major depression. These findings help refine the basis of major depression and imply that a continuous measure of risk underlies the clinical phenotype.
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171. Brief Report: Association Between Autism Spectrum Disorder, Gastrointestinal Problems and Perinatal Risk Factors Within Sibling Pairs.
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Isaksson J, Pettersson E, Kostrzewa E, Diaz Heijtz R, and Bölte S
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- Child, Female, Humans, Male, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Siblings, Autism Spectrum Disorder epidemiology, Gastrointestinal Diseases epidemiology, Pregnancy Complications epidemiology
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been associated with gastrointestinal (GI) problems, but the nature of this association is unclear. Parents to siblings, concordant or discordant for ASD (N = 217), participated in a web survey covering mother's weight gain during pregnancy, maternal viral/bacterial infection and use of antibiotics, duration of breastfeeding, mode of delivery, birth weight and child GI problems. ASD was associated with GI problems and perinatal environmental risk, based on a summation of maternal infection and antibiotic use during pregnancy and/or the breastfeeding period. The association between GI problems and ASD remained within the sibling pairs (β = 1.23; p < .001) in the adjusted model. Our results indicate non-shared environmental effects on the ASD/GI association, but none of the factors examined explained the link.
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172. Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium.
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van den Berg SM, de Moor MH, Verweij KJ, Krueger RF, Luciano M, Arias Vasquez A, Matteson LK, Derringer J, Esko T, Amin N, Gordon SD, Hansell NK, Hart AB, Seppälä I, Huffman JE, Konte B, Lahti J, Lee M, Miller M, Nutile T, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Viktorin A, Wedenoja J, Abdellaoui A, Abecasis GR, Adkins DE, Agrawal A, Allik J, Appel K, Bigdeli TB, Busonero F, Campbell H, Costa PT, Smith GD, Davies G, de Wit H, Ding J, Engelhardt BE, Eriksson JG, Fedko IO, Ferrucci L, Franke B, Giegling I, Grucza R, Hartmann AM, Heath AC, Heinonen K, Henders AK, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Iacono WG, Janzing J, Jokela M, Karlsson R, Kemp JP, Kirkpatrick MG, Latvala A, Lehtimäki T, Liewald DC, Madden PA, Magri C, Magnusson PK, Marten J, Maschio A, Mbarek H, Medland SE, Mihailov E, Milaneschi Y, Montgomery GW, Nauck M, Nivard MG, Ouwens KG, Palotie A, Pettersson E, Polasek O, Qian Y, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari OT, Realo A, Rose RJ, Ruggiero D, Schmidt CO, Slutske WS, Sorice R, Starr JM, St Pourcain B, Sutin AR, Timpson NJ, Trochet H, Vermeulen S, Vuoksimaa E, Widen E, Wouda J, Wright MJ, Zgaga L, Porteous D, Minelli A, Palmer AA, Rujescu D, Ciullo M, Hayward C, Rudan I, Metspalu A, Kaprio J, Deary IJ, Räikkönen K, Wilson JF, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Bierut LJ, Hettema JM, Grabe HJ, Penninx BW, van Duijn CM, Evans DM, Schlessinger D, Pedersen NL, Terracciano A, McGue M, Martin NG, and Boomsma DI
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- Cohort Studies, Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Risk Factors, Extraversion, Psychological, Genome-Wide Association Study, Personality genetics
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Extraversion is a relatively stable and heritable personality trait associated with numerous psychosocial, lifestyle and health outcomes. Despite its substantial heritability, no genetic variants have been detected in previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies, which may be due to relatively small sample sizes of those studies. Here, we report on a large meta-analysis of GWA studies for extraversion in 63,030 subjects in 29 cohorts. Extraversion item data from multiple personality inventories were harmonized across inventories and cohorts. No genome-wide significant associations were found at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) level but there was one significant hit at the gene level for a long non-coding RNA site (LOC101928162). Genome-wide complex trait analysis in two large cohorts showed that the additive variance explained by common SNPs was not significantly different from zero, but polygenic risk scores, weighted using linkage information, significantly predicted extraversion scores in an independent cohort. These results show that extraversion is a highly polygenic personality trait, with an architecture possibly different from other complex human traits, including other personality traits. Future studies are required to further determine which genetic variants, by what modes of gene action, constitute the heritable nature of extraversion.
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173. The association between childhood autistic traits and adolescent psychotic experiences is explained by general neuropsychiatric problems.
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Cederlöf M, Pettersson E, Sariaslan A, Larsson H, Östberg P, Kelleher I, Långström N, Gumpert CH, Lundström S, and Lichtenstein P
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- Adolescent, Child, Female, Hallucinations complications, Humans, Male, Phenotype, Regression Analysis, Autistic Disorder complications, Neuropsychiatry, Psychotic Disorders complications
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Studies suggest associations between childhood autistic traits and adolescent psychotic experiences. However, recent research suggests that a general neuropsychiatric problems factor predicts adverse outcomes better than specific diagnostic entities. To examine if the alleged association between autistic traits and psychotic experiences could rather be explained by a general neuropsychiatric problems factor comprising symptoms of ADHD, tic disorder, developmental coordination disorder, and learning disorder, we conducted a prospective cohort study based on the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden. In addition, we examined the genetic and environmental influences on the associations. A total of 9,282 twins with data on childhood autistic traits and other neuropsychiatric problems, and follow-up data on psychotic experiences at ages 15 and/or 18 years were included. First, psychotic experiences were regressed on autistic traits and second, the general neuropsychiatric problems factor was added to the model. Auditory hallucinations were analyzed separately from the other psychotic experiences. Finally, twin analyses were employed to disentangle genetic from environmental influences in the observed associations. Replicating prior research, significant associations were found between autistic traits in childhood and auditory hallucinations at ages 15 and 18. However, after controlling for the general neuropsychiatric problems factor, the associations between autistic traits and auditory hallucinations disappeared, whereas the association between the general neuropsychiatric problems factor and auditory hallucinations persisted after controlling for autistic traits. Twin analyses revealed that the association between the general neuropsychiatric problems factor and auditory hallucinations was driven by shared genetic influences. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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174. Childhood neurodevelopmental problems and adolescent bully victimization: population-based, prospective twin study in Sweden.
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Törn P, Pettersson E, Lichtenstein P, Anckarsäter H, Lundström S, Hellner Gumpert C, Larsson H, Kollberg L, Långström N, and Halldner L
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- Adolescent, Child, Crime Victims, Female, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Sweden, Twins, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Autism Spectrum Disorder psychology, Bullying ethics, Neurodevelopmental Disorders psychology, Neuropsychiatry methods
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Bully victimization is a common problem among children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Previous research was mostly cross-sectional and seldom accounted for co-morbid psychopathology, which makes it difficult to draw conclusions about causality and specificity of any association. Using a genetically informative prospective design, we investigated the association between various neurodevelopmental problems (NDPs) in childhood and bully victimization in adolescence, and the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to this association. We obtained parent-reports of NDPs at age 9/12 years and self-reported bully victimization at age 15 for 3,921 children participating in the The Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATSS). Structural equation modelling was used to control for NDP co-morbidity and bully victimization at baseline. Cholesky decomposition was used to analyse genetic and environmental contributions to observed associations. Because most of the NDPs were associated to later bully victimization, a common effect of all NDPs was summarized into a general NDP factor. Controlling for this general factor, only problems with social interaction and motor control uniquely predicted subsequent bully victimization in girls. General and unique associations were influenced by both genetic and unique environmental factors. NDPs in general and social interaction and motor problems in particular predicted later bully victimization. The longitudinal design and twin analyses indicated that these associations might be causal. Knowledge of these vulnerabilities may be important when designing risk assessment and prevention strategies.
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175. Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder.
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de Moor MH, van den Berg SM, Verweij KJ, Krueger RF, Luciano M, Arias Vasquez A, Matteson LK, Derringer J, Esko T, Amin N, Gordon SD, Hansell NK, Hart AB, Seppälä I, Huffman JE, Konte B, Lahti J, Lee M, Miller M, Nutile T, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Viktorin A, Wedenoja J, Abecasis GR, Adkins DE, Agrawal A, Allik J, Appel K, Bigdeli TB, Busonero F, Campbell H, Costa PT, Davey Smith G, Davies G, de Wit H, Ding J, Engelhardt BE, Eriksson JG, Fedko IO, Ferrucci L, Franke B, Giegling I, Grucza R, Hartmann AM, Heath AC, Heinonen K, Henders AK, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Iacono WG, Janzing J, Jokela M, Karlsson R, Kemp JP, Kirkpatrick MG, Latvala A, Lehtimäki T, Liewald DC, Madden PA, Magri C, Magnusson PK, Marten J, Maschio A, Medland SE, Mihailov E, Milaneschi Y, Montgomery GW, Nauck M, Ouwens KG, Palotie A, Pettersson E, Polasek O, Qian Y, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari OT, Realo A, Rose RJ, Ruggiero D, Schmidt CO, Slutske WS, Sorice R, Starr JM, St Pourcain B, Sutin AR, Timpson NJ, Trochet H, Vermeulen S, Vuoksimaa E, Widen E, Wouda J, Wright MJ, Zgaga L, Porteous D, Minelli A, Palmer AA, Rujescu D, Ciullo M, Hayward C, Rudan I, Metspalu A, Kaprio J, Deary IJ, Räikkönen K, Wilson JF, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Bierut LJ, Hettema JM, Grabe HJ, van Duijn CM, Evans DM, Schlessinger D, Pedersen NL, Terracciano A, McGue M, Penninx BW, Martin NG, and Boomsma DI
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- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Anxiety Disorders psychology, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Depressive Disorder, Major psychology, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Guanylate Kinases, Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance, Neuroticism, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Anxiety Disorders genetics, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal genetics, Depressive Disorder, Major genetics, Personality genetics
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Importance: Neuroticism is a pervasive risk factor for psychiatric conditions. It genetically overlaps with major depressive disorder (MDD) and is therefore an important phenotype for psychiatric genetics. The Genetics of Personality Consortium has created a resource for genome-wide association analyses of personality traits in more than 63,000 participants (including MDD cases)., Objectives: To identify genetic variants associated with neuroticism by performing a meta-analysis of genome-wide association results based on 1000 Genomes imputation; to evaluate whether common genetic variants as assessed by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) explain variation in neuroticism by estimating SNP-based heritability; and to examine whether SNPs that predict neuroticism also predict MDD., Design, Setting, and Participants: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 30 cohorts with genome-wide genotype, personality, and MDD data from the Genetics of Personality Consortium. The study included 63,661 participants from 29 discovery cohorts and 9786 participants from a replication cohort. Participants came from Europe, the United States, or Australia. Analyses were conducted between 2012 and 2014., Main Outcomes and Measures: Neuroticism scores harmonized across all 29 discovery cohorts by item response theory analysis, and clinical MDD case-control status in 2 of the cohorts., Results: A genome-wide significant SNP was found on 3p14 in MAGI1 (rs35855737; P = 9.26 × 10-9 in the discovery meta-analysis). This association was not replicated (P = .32), but the SNP was still genome-wide significant in the meta-analysis of all 30 cohorts (P = 2.38 × 10-8). Common genetic variants explain 15% of the variance in neuroticism. Polygenic scores based on the meta-analysis of neuroticism in 27 cohorts significantly predicted neuroticism (1.09 × 10-12 < P < .05) and MDD (4.02 × 10-9 < P < .05) in the 2 other cohorts., Conclusions and Relevance: This study identifies a novel locus for neuroticism. The variant is located in a known gene that has been associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in previous studies. In addition, the study shows that neuroticism is influenced by many genetic variants of small effect that are either common or tagged by common variants. These genetic variants also influence MDD. Future studies should confirm the role of the MAGI1 locus for neuroticism and further investigate the association of MAGI1 and the polygenic association to a range of other psychiatric disorders that are phenotypically correlated with neuroticism.
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176. Birth weight as an independent predictor of ADHD symptoms: a within-twin pair analysis.
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Pettersson E, Sjölander A, Almqvist C, Anckarsäter H, D'Onofrio BM, Lichtenstein P, and Larsson H
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- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity diagnosis, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity epidemiology, Child, Diseases in Twins diagnosis, Diseases in Twins epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Prognosis, Sweden epidemiology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity etiology, Birth Weight physiology, Diseases in Twins etiology, Registries
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Background: Studies have found an association between low birth weight and ADHD, but the nature of this relation is unclear. First, it is uncertain whether birth weight is associated with both of the ADHD dimensions, inattentiveness and hyperactivity-impulsivity. Second, it remains uncertain whether the association between birth weight and ADHD symptom severity is confounded by familial factors., Method: Parents of all Swedish 9- and 12-year-old twins born between 1992 and 2000 were interviewed for DSM-IV inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive ADHD symptoms by the Autism - Tics, AD/HD and other Comorbidities (A-TAC) inventory (N = 21,775 twins). Birth weight was collected prospectively through the Medical Birth Registry. We used a within-twin pair design to control for genetic and shared environmental factors., Results: Reduced birth weight was significantly associated with a mean increase in total ADHD (β = -.42; 95% CI: -.53, -.30), inattentive (β = -.26; 95% CI: -.33, -.19), and hyperactive-impulsive (β = -.16; 95% CI: -.22, -.10) symptom severity. These results imply that a change of one kilogram of birth weight corresponded to parents rating their child nearly one unit higher (going from "no" to "yes, to some extent" on a given symptom) on the total ADHD scale. These associations remained within pairs of MZ and DZ twins, and were also present when restricting the analyses to full term births., Conclusions: There is an independent association between low birth weight and all forms of ADHD symptoms, even after controlling for all environmental and genetic confounds shared within twin pairs. These results indicate that fetal growth restriction (as reflected in birth weight differences within twin pairs) and/or the environmental factors which influence it is in the casual pathway leading to ADHD., (© 2014 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.)
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177. Harmonization of Neuroticism and Extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of Item Response Theory.
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van den Berg SM, de Moor MH, McGue M, Pettersson E, Terracciano A, Verweij KJ, Amin N, Derringer J, Esko T, van Grootheest G, Hansell NK, Huffman J, Konte B, Lahti J, Luciano M, Matteson LK, Viktorin A, Wouda J, Agrawal A, Allik J, Bierut L, Broms U, Campbell H, Smith GD, Eriksson JG, Ferrucci L, Franke B, Fox JP, de Geus EJ, Giegling I, Gow AJ, Grucza R, Hartmann AM, Heath AC, Heikkilä K, Iacono WG, Janzing J, Jokela M, Kiemeney L, Lehtimäki T, Madden PA, Magnusson PK, Northstone K, Nutile T, Ouwens KG, Palotie A, Pattie A, Pesonen AK, Polasek O, Pulkkinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari OT, Realo A, Rose RJ, Ruggiero D, Seppälä I, Slutske WS, Smyth DC, Sorice R, Starr JM, Sutin AR, Tanaka T, Verhagen J, Vermeulen S, Vuoksimaa E, Widen E, Willemsen G, Wright MJ, Zgaga L, Rujescu D, Metspalu A, Wilson JF, Ciullo M, Hayward C, Rudan I, Deary IJ, Räikkönen K, Arias Vasquez A, Costa PT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, van Duijn CM, Penninx BW, Krueger RF, Evans DM, Kaprio J, Pedersen NL, Martin NG, and Boomsma DI
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- Anxiety Disorders genetics, Extraversion, Psychological, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Neuroticism, Phenotype, Models, Statistical, Personality genetics, Personality Assessment
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Mega- or meta-analytic studies (e.g. genome-wide association studies) are increasingly used in behavior genetics. An issue in such studies is that phenotypes are often measured by different instruments across study cohorts, requiring harmonization of measures so that more powerful fixed effect meta-analyses can be employed. Within the Genetics of Personality Consortium, we demonstrate for two clinically relevant personality traits, Neuroticism and Extraversion, how Item-Response Theory (IRT) can be applied to map item data from different inventories to the same underlying constructs. Personality item data were analyzed in >160,000 individuals from 23 cohorts across Europe, USA and Australia in which Neuroticism and Extraversion were assessed by nine different personality inventories. Results showed that harmonization was very successful for most personality inventories and moderately successful for some. Neuroticism and Extraversion inventories were largely measurement invariant across cohorts, in particular when comparing cohorts from countries where the same language is spoken. The IRT-based scores for Neuroticism and Extraversion were heritable (48 and 49 %, respectively, based on a meta-analysis of six twin cohorts, total N = 29,496 and 29,501 twin pairs, respectively) with a significant part of the heritability due to non-additive genetic factors. For Extraversion, these genetic factors qualitatively differ across sexes. We showed that our IRT method can lead to a large increase in sample size and therefore statistical power. The IRT approach may be applied to any mega- or meta-analytic study in which item-based behavioral measures need to be harmonized.
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178. Do maladaptive behaviors exist at one or both ends of personality traits?
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Pettersson E, Mendle J, Turkheimer E, Horn EE, Ford DC, Simms LJ, and Clark LA
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- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Young Adult, Personality Disorders diagnosis, Personality Disorders psychology, Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires
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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) personality disorder trait model, maladaptive behavior is located at one end of continuous scales. Widiger and colleagues, however, have argued that maladaptive behavior exists at both ends of trait continua. We propose that the role of evaluative variance differentiates these two perspectives and that once evaluation is isolated, maladaptive behaviors emerge at both ends of nonevaluative trait dimensions. In Study 1, we argue that evaluative variance is worthwhile to measure separately from descriptive content because it clusters items by valence regardless of content (e.g., lazy and workaholic; apathetic and anxious; gullible and paranoid; timid and hostile, etc.), which is unlikely to describe a consistent behavioral style. We isolate evaluation statistically (Study 2) and at the time of measurement (Study 3) to show that factors unrelated to valence evidence maladaptive behavior at both ends. We argue that nonevaluative factors, which display maladaptive behavior at both ends of continua, may better approximate ways in which individuals actually behave.
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179. A phenotypic null hypothesis for the genetics of personality.
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Turkheimer E, Pettersson E, and Horn EE
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- Humans, Phenotype, Twins genetics, Individuality, Personality genetics, Social Environment
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We review the genetically informed literature on the genetics of personality. Over the past century, quantitative genetic studies, using identical and fraternal twins, have demonstrated that differences in human personality are substantially heritable. We focus on more contemporary questions to which that basic observation has led. We examine whether differences in the heritability of personality are replicable across different traits, samples, and studies; how the heritability of personality relates to its reliability; and how behavior genetics can be employed in studies of validity, and we discuss the stability of personality in genetic and environmental variance. The appropriate null hypothesis in behavior genetics is not that genetic or environmental influence on personality is zero. Instead, we offer a phenotypic null hypothesis, which states that genetic variance is not an independent mechanism of individual differences in personality but rather a reflection of processes that are best conceptualized at the phenotypic level.
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180. Different neurodevelopmental symptoms have a common genetic etiology.
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Pettersson E, Anckarsäter H, Gillberg C, and Lichtenstein P
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- Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders etiology, Behavioral Symptoms etiology, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive etiology, Cohort Studies, Developmental Disabilities etiology, Diseases in Twins etiology, Diseases in Twins genetics, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Sweden, Syndrome, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders genetics, Behavioral Symptoms genetics, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive genetics, Developmental Disabilities genetics
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Background: Although neurodevelopmental disorders are demarcated as discrete entities in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of mental disorders, empirical evidence indicates that there is a high degree of overlap among them. The first aim of this investigation was to explore if a single general factor could account for the large degree of observed overlap among neurodevelopmental problems, and explore whether this potential factor was primarily genetic or environmental in origin. The second aim was to explore whether there was systematic covariation, either genetic or environmental, over and above that contributed by the potential general factor, unique to each syndrome., Method: Parents of all Swedish 9- and 12-year-old twin pairs born between 1992 and 2002 were targeted for interview regarding problems typical of autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions (response rate: 80 percent). Structural equation modeling was conducted on 6,595 pairs to examine the genetic and environmental structure of 53 neurodevelopmental problems., Results: One general genetic factor accounted for a large proportion of the phenotypic covariation among the 53 symptoms. Three specific genetic subfactors identified 'impulsivity,' 'learning problems,' and 'tics and autism,' respectively. Three unique environment factors identified 'autism,' 'hyperactivity and impulsivity,' and 'inattention and learning problems,' respectively., Conclusion: One general genetic factor was responsible for the wide-spread phenotypic overlap among all neurodevelopmental symptoms, highlighting the importance of addressing broad patient needs rather than specific diagnoses. The unique genetic factors may help guide diagnostic nomenclature, whereas the unique environmental factors may highlight that neurodevelopmental symptoms are responsive to change at the individual level and may provide clues into different mechanisms and treatments. Future research would benefit from assessing the general factor separately from specific factors to better understand observed overlap among neurodevelopmental problems., (© 2013 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry © 2013 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.)
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181. Item Selection, Evaluation, and Simple Structure in Personality Data.
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Pettersson E and Turkheimer E
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We report an investigation of the genesis and interpretation of simple structure in personality data using two very different self-reported data sets. The first consists of a set of relatively unselected lexical descriptors, whereas the second is based on responses to a carefully constructed instrument. In both data sets, we explore the degree of simple structure by comparing factor solutions to solutions from simulated data constructed to have either strong or weak simple structure. The analysis demonstrates that there is little evidence of simple structure in the unselected items, and a moderate degree among the selected items. In both instruments, however, much of the simple structure that could be observed originated in a strong dimension of positive vs. negative evaluation.
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182. Slow recrystallization of tripalmitoylglycerol from MCT oil observed by 2H NMR.
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Smith KW, Smith PR, Furó I, Pettersson ET, Cain FW, Favre L, and Talbot G
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- Crystallization, Deuterium, Hot Temperature, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Solutions, Oils chemistry, Triglycerides chemistry
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The crystallization and recrystallization of fats have a significant impact on the properties and quality of many food products. While crystallization has been the subject of a number of studies using pure triacylglycerols (TAG), recrystallization in similarly pure systems is rarely studied. In this work, perdeuterated tripalmitoylglycerol ( (2)H-PPP) was dissolved in medium chain triacylglycerol oil (MCT) to yield a saturated solution. The solution was heated to cause partial melting of the solid and dissolution of the molten fraction of (2)H-PPP in MCT and was then cooled to the original temperature to induce recrystallization from the supersaturated solution. (2)H NMR was used to monitor the disappearance of (2)H-PPP from the solution and showed that recrystallization occurred in two steps. The first step was rapid, taking place over a few minutes, and accounted for more than two-thirds of the total recrystallization. The second step was much slower, taking place over a remarkably long timescale of hours to days. It is proposed that dissolution occurs from all parts of the crystals, leaving an etched and pitted surface. The first step of crystallization is the infilling of these pits, while the second step is the continued growth on the smoothed crystal faces.
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183. A novel tricyclic pyrone compound ameliorates cell death associated with intracellular amyloid-beta oligomeric complexes.
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Maezawa I, Hong HS, Wu HC, Battina SK, Rana S, Iwamoto T, Radke GA, Pettersson E, Martin GM, Hua DH, and Jin LW
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- Carbamates pharmacology, Cell Count methods, Cell Death drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Dipeptides pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay methods, Fluorescent Antibody Technique methods, Humans, Microscopy, Atomic Force methods, Neuroblastoma pathology, Pyrones chemistry, Surface Plasmon Resonance methods, Time Factors, Amyloid beta-Peptides metabolism, Amyloid beta-Peptides toxicity, Intracellular Space drug effects, Neuroprotective Agents pharmacology, Pyrones pharmacology
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The neurotoxicity of amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) is widely regarded as one of the fundamental causes of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This toxicity is related to Abeta aggregation into oligomers, protofibrils and fibrils. Recent studies suggest that intracellular Abeta, which causes profound toxicity, could be one of the primary therapeutic targets in AD. So far, no compounds targeting intracellular Abeta have been identified. We have investigated the toxicity induced by intracellular Abeta in a neuroblastoma MC65 line and found that it was closely related to intracellular accumulation of oligomeric complexes of Abeta (Abeta-OCs). We further identified a cell-permeable tricyclic pyrone named CP2 that ameliorates this toxicity and significantly reduces the levels of Abeta-OCs. In aqueous solution, CP2 attenuates Abeta oligomerization and prevents the oligomer-induced death of primary cortical neurons. CP2 analogs represent a new class of promising compounds for the amelioration of Abeta toxicities within both intracellular and extracellular sites.
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