Journal article

Intelligence, educational attainment, and brain structure in those at familial high-risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

SMC de Zwarte, RM Brouwer, I Agartz, M Alda, S Alonso-Lana, CE Bearden, A Bertolino, A Bonvino, E Bramon, EEL Buimer, W Cahn, EJ Canales-Rodríguez, DM Cannon, TD Cannon, X Caseras, J Castro-Fornieles, Q Chen, Y Chung, E De la Serna, C del Mar Bonnin Show all

Human Brain Mapping | Published : 2022

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Abstract

First-degree relatives of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SZ-FDRs) show similar patterns of brain abnormalities and cognitive alterations to patients, albeit with smaller effect sizes. First-degree relatives of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD-FDRs) show divergent patterns; on average, intracranial volume is larger compared to controls, and findings on cognitive alterations in BD-FDRs are inconsistent. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of global and regional brain measures (cortical and subcortical), current IQ, and educational attainment in 5,795 individuals (1,103 SZ-FDRs, 867 BD-FDRs, 2,190 controls, 942 schizophrenia patients, 693 bipolar patients) from 36 schizophren..

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