In the first group of 11 papers that PsychENCODE researchers have shared with the scientific community, they demonstrate that by layering different types of data, points of convergence emerge—…
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By far the largest genetic study to date of anorexia nervosa has identified eight areas in the human genome in which DNA variations are likely to contribute to risk for the illness. Even more…
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After years of trying, researchers say they have now succeeded in discovering specific areas of the human genome that contain variations in DNA sequence that are robustly associated with risk for…
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Researchers report progress in untangling a web of complexities that they believe can give rise to social anxiety disorder.
They have amassed evidence directly linking susceptibility to social…
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Evidence continues to mount that some and perhaps many of the biological abnormalities that underlie autism spectrum disorder (ASD) begin well before birth, as the brain’s cerebral cortex is…
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