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ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume 64, Issue 11, Pages 1242-1250Publisher
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.11.1242
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH65558, R01 MH65578, R01 MH065571, R01 MH065588, R01 MH65707, R01 MH042228, R01 MH65588, R01 MH65554, R01 MH65562, R01 MH065562, R01 MH42228, R01 MH65571, R01 MH065558, R01 MH065707, R01 MH065578, R01 MH065554] Funding Source: Medline
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Context: Exploration of the genetic architecture of specific endophenotypes may be a powerful strategy for understanding the genetic basis of schizophrenia. Objective: To characterize the genetic architecture of some key endophenotypic measures selected for their reported heritabilities in schizophrenia. Design: Family-based heritability study. Setting: Seven sites across the United States. Participants: At the time of these initial data analyses, the members of 183 nuclear families ascertained through probands with schizophrenia had been assessed for these endophenotypes. Main Outcome Measures: Variance component models were used to assess the heritability of and the environmental and genetic correlations among the endophenotypes. The Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia assesses the neurophysiologic measures of prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle, P50 event-related potential suppression, and the antisaccade task for eye movements and the neurocognitive measures of the Continuous Performance Test (Degraded Stimulus version), the California Verbal Learning Test, the Letter-Number Sequencing test, and 6 measures from the University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neurocognitive Battery. The heritabilities of these 12 measures are the focus of this article. Results: All of the endophenotypes and the University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neurocognitive Battery measures were found to be significantly heritable (P <=. 005), with heritabilities ranging from 24% to 55%. Significant environmental and genetic correlations were also observed between many of the endophenotypic measures. Conclusion: This is the first large-scale, multisite, family-based heritability study of a collection of endophenotypes for schizophrenia and suggests that endophenotypes are important measures to consider in characterizing the genetic basis of schizophrenia.
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