Duara, Ranjan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-6309

Mayo Clinic

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Citations 63

Brain amyloidosis ascertainment from cognitive, imaging, and peripheral blood protein measures

Apostolova, Liana G. , Hwang, Kristy , Ávila, David, Elashoff, David , Kohannim, Omid , Teng, Edmond , Sokolow, Sophie , Jack, Clifford R. , Jagust, William, Shaw, Leslie M. , Trojanowski, John Q. , Weiner, Michael W. , Thompson, Paul M. , Initiative, For the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging, Aisen, Paul, Petersen, Ronald , Jagust, Wiliam, Trojanowki, John Q., Gamst, Anthony, Sakin, Andrew J., Potter, William Z., Montine, Tom, Walter, Sarah , Felmlee, Joel P. , Schuff, Norbert, Alexander, Gene E. , DeCarli, Charles, Bandy, Dan, Foster, Norm, Reiman, Eric M. , Mathis, Chet, Cairns, Nigel J., Taylor‐Reinwald, Lisa, Shaw, Lee, Korecka, Magdalena , Crawford, Karen , Neu, Scott, Kornak, John , Kachaturian, Zaven, Frank, Richard , Molchan, Susan, Dolen, Sara, Schneider, Lon S. , Pawluczyk, Sonia, Spann, Bryan M., Brewer, James B., Vanderswag, Helen, Heidebrink, Judith L. , Johnson, Kris , Doody, Rachelle S., Villanueva‐Meyer, Javier , Chowdhury, Munir , Bell, Karen L. , Mintun, Mark A., Schneider, Stacy, Marson, Daniel , Griffith, Randall, Grossman, Hillel, Marzloff, George, deToledo‐Morrell, Leyla, Duara, Ranjan , Varón, Daniel , Robers, Peggy, Albert, Marilyn S. , Kozauer, Nicholas, Zerrate, Maria, Santi, Susan M De, Doraiswamy, P. Murali , Petrella, Jeffrey R. , Aiello, Marilyn, Karlawish, Jason , Smith, Charles D., Given, Curtis A., Hardy, Peter , Oakley, MaryAnn, Simpson, Donna M., Ismail, M. Saleem , Brand, Connie, Richard, Jennifer, Mulnard, Ruth A., Thai, Gaby , Mc-Adams-Ortiz, Catherine, Martin-Cook, Kristen, Devous, Michael D. , Cellar, Janet S., Anderson, Heather S., Laubinger, Mary M., Graff‐Radford, Neill R. , Parfitt, Francine, Farlow, Martin R. , Herring, Scott, Hake, Ann Marie , Dyck, Christopher H. van , MacAvoy, Martha G., Benincasa, Amanda L., Chertkow, Howard, Bergman, Howard , Hosein, Chris, Caldwell, Curtis, Hsiung, Ging‐Yuek Robin , Assaly, Michele, Kertesz, Andrew , Rogers, John, Trost, Dick, Bernick, Charles , Munic, Donna, Wu, Chuang‐Kuo, Johnson, Nancy , Mesulam, Marsel, Sadowsky, Carl, Villena, Teresa, Johnson, Kathleen, Reynolds, Brigid, Rosen, Allyson , Tinklenberg, Jared, Ashford, Wes, Sabbagh, Marwan N. , Connor, Donald J., Jacobson, Sandra A. , Jayam‐Trouth, Annapurni , Lerner, Alan J. , Hudson, Leon, Ogrocki, Paula, Kittur, Smita, Borrie, Michael, Lee, T‐Y, Asthana, Sanjay , Carlsson, Cynthia M., Preda, Adrian , Tariot, Pierre N. , Fleisher, Adam , Reeder, Stephanie, Bates, Vernice, Capote, Horacio, Rainka, Michelle, Hendin, Barry , Kataki, Maria , Zimmerman, Earl A. , Celmins, Dzintra, Brown, Alice D., Blank, Karen, Anderson, Karen, Santulli, Robert B. , Englert, Jessica, Williamson, Jeff D. , Sing, Kaycee M., Watkins, Franklin, Ott, Brian R. , Stopa, Edward G., Tremont, Geoffrey , Salloway, Stephen , Malloy, Paul, Correia, Stephen , Rosen, Howard J. , Mintzer, Jacobo , Longmire, Crystal Flynn, Spicer, Kenneth, Hwang, Kristy S, Shaw, Leslie, Initiative, For the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging, Toga, Arthur W. , Beckett, Laurel , Green, Robert C. , Morris, John C. , Donohue, Michael , Dale, Anders M. , Bernstein, Matt A. , Fox, Nick C. , Koeppe, Robert A. , Chen, Kewei , Mathis, Chet, Lee, Virginia M.‐Y. , Harvey, Danielle , Foroud, Tatiana , Potkin, Steven G. , Shen, Li , Snyder, Peter J. , Kaye, Jeffrey , Quinn, Joseph F. , Lord, Joanne L. , Stern, Yaakov , Honig, Lawrence S. , Clark, David , Tang, Cheuk Ying , Shah, Raj C. , Duara, Ranjan , Rusinek, Henry , Leon, Mony J. de , Arnold, S. R. , Wolk, David A. , López, Oscar L. , Diaz‐Arrastia, Ramon , Levey, Allan I. , Lah, James J. , Burns, Jeffrey M. , Silverman, Daniel H.S. , Johnson, Heather K. , Black, Sandra E. , Stefanovic, Bojana , Feldman, Howard , Martínez, Walter Fabián , Turner, Raymond Scott , Sperling, Reisa Anne , Rentz, Dorene M. , Johnson, Keith A. , Killiany, Ronald , Norbash, Alexander , Nair, Anil K. , Obisesan, Thomas O. , Wang, Paul C. , Fletcher, Evan M. , Carmichael, Owen , Bartha, Robert , Johnson, Sterling C. , Carlsson, Cynthia M. , Nguyen, Dana R. , Reeder, Stephanie, Scharre, Douglas W. , Pearlson, Godfrey D. , Sing, Kaycee M., Miller, Bruce L. , Jack, Clifford R , Preda, Adrian , Thompson, Paul M , Hsiung, Gink-Yuek

Neurology | January 22, 2015 | Volume: 84 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 729-737

10.1212/wnl.0000000000001231

Rarity of the Alzheimer Disease–ProtectiveAPPA673T Variant in the United States

Wang, Li-San, Graham, Robert , Crane, Paul K. , Kunkle, Brian W. , Cruchaga, Carlos , Murcia, Josue D. Gonzalez , Cannon‐Albright, Lisa , Baldwin, Clinton T., Blennow, Kaj , Kukull, Walter A. , Faber, Kelley M., Schupf, Nicole , Norton, Maria C. , Tschanz, JoAnn T. , Munger, Ronald G. , Corcoran, Christopher, Lin, Chiao‐Feng , Dombroski, Beth A. , Cantwell, Laura B., Partch, Amanda, Håkonarson, Håkon , George‐Hyslop, Peter St , Goate, Alison , Foroud, Tatiana, Carney, Regina M., Larson, Eric B., Behrens, Timothy W. , Kauwe, John, Haines, Jonathan L. , Farrer, Lindsay A. , Pericak‐Vance, Margaret A. , Mayeux, Richard , Schellenberg, Gerard D., Albert, Marilyn S. , Albin, Roger L. , Apostolova, Liana G. , Arnold, Steven E. , Barber, Robert W., Barmada, M. Michael , Beach, Thomas G. , Beecham, Gary W. , Beekly, Duane, Bennett, David A. , Bigio, Eileen H. , Bird, Thomas D., Blacker, Deborah , Bowen, James D. , Boxer, Adam, Buxbaum, Joseph D. , Cairns, Nigel J. , Cao, Chuanhai , Carlson, Chris , Carroll, Steven L. , Chui, Helena C., Clark, David G., Cribbs, David H. , DeCarli, Charles , DeKosky, Steven T. , Demirci, F. Yesim , Dick, Malcolm, Duara, Ranjan , Ertekin‐Taner, Nilüfer , Fallon, Kenneth B., Farlow, Martin R. , Ferris, Steven H. , Frosch, Matthew P. , Gearing, Marla , Geschwind, Daniel H. , Gilbert, John R., Glass, Jonathan D. , Graff‐Radford, Neill R. , Growdon, John H., Hamilton, Ronald L. , Hamilton‐Nelson, Kara L., Harrell, Lindy E., Hulette, Christine M., Jicha, Gregory A. , Jin, Lee‐Way, Jun, Gyungah , Kamboh, M. Ilyas , Karydas, Anna, Koo, Edward H. , Kowall, Neil W. , Kramer, Joel H. , Kramer, Patricia, LaFerla, Frank M. , Leverenz, James B. , Lieberman, Andrew P. , Lunetta, Kathryn L. , Lyketsos, Constantine G. , Mack, Wendy J. , Marson, Daniel , Martin, Eden R. , Martiniuk, Frank , Mash, Deborah C. , Masliah, Eliezer , McCormick, Wayne C., McKee, Ann C. , Miller, Carol A., Miller, Joshua W., Montine, Thomas J. , Morris, John C. , Murrell, Jill R. , Olichney, John , Parisi, Joseph E., Peskind, Elaine R. , Petersen, Ronald , Pierce, Aimee, Poon, Wayne W. , Raj, Ashok , Raskind, Murray A. , Reiman, Eric M. , Reisberg, ‌Barry , Reitz, Christiane , Ringman, John M. , Rosen, Howard J., Rosenberg, Roger N., Sano, Mary , Saykin, Andrew J. , Schneider, Lon S. , Smith, Amanda , Sonnen, Joshua A. , Stern, Robert A. , Tanzi, Rudolph E. , Thornton‐Wells, Tricia A., Trojanowski, John Q. , Troncoso, Juan C. , Tsuang, Debby W. , Vinters, Harry V. , Vonsattel, Jean Paul, Weıntraub, Sandra , Wishnek, Sarah, Woltjer, Randall L. , Wright, Clinton B., Younkin, Steven G., Yu, Chang‐En , Yu, Lei , DeCarli, Charles , Wang, Li-San, Naj, Adam Christian , Cruchaga, Carlos , Zetterberg, Henrik , Rogaeva, Ekaterina A. , Valladares, Otto , Green, Robert C. , Barnes, Lisa L. , Becker, James T. , Boeve, Bradley F. , Burke, James R. , Chui, Helena C. , Crocco, Elizabeth , Dickson, Dennis W. , Duara, Ranjan , Galasko, Douglas , Ganguli, Mary , Ghetti, Bernardino , Hamilton‐Nelson, Kara L. , Head, Elizabeth , Honig, Lawrence S. , Hyman, Bradley T. , Jarvik, Gail P. , Kaye, Jeffrey , Kim, Ronald , Lah, James J. , Levey, Allan I. , Li, Ge , López, Oscar L. , McCurry, Susan M. , McDavid, Andrew , Mesulam, Marsel M. , Miller, Bruce L. , Perry, William , Potter, Huntington , Quinn, Joseph F. , Roberson, Erik D. , Schneider, Julie A. , Seeley, William W. , Spina, Salvatore , Deerlin, Vivianna M. Van , Eldik, Linda J. Van , Vardarajan, Badri Narayan , Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen Anne , Williamson, Jennifer , Bennett, David A. , Hakonarson, Hakon , Saykin, Andrew J , Leverenz, James B , Cannon-Albright, Lisa A , Stern, Robert A , Morris, John C , Goate, Alison M , Jicha, Gregory A , Sonnen, Joshua

JAMA Neurology | December 22, 2014 | Volume: 72 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 209

10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.2157

Effects of Multiple Genetic Loci on Age at Onset in Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease

Jun, Gyungah , Reitz, Christiane, Kunkle, Brian W. , Park, Yo Son, Beecham, Gary W. , Rajbhandary, Ruchita, Hamilton‐Nelson, Kara L., Wang, Li-San, Kauwe, John, Huentelman, Matthew J. , Bird, Thomas D., Baldwin, Clinton T., Jarvik, Gail P. , Crane, Paul K. , Barmada, M. Michael , Demirci, F. Yesim , Cruchaga, Carlos , Kramer, Patricia L., Ertekin‐Taner, Nilüfer , Hardy, John , Graff‐Radford, Neill R. , Larson, Eric B., George‐Hyslop, Peter St , Buxbaum, Joseph D. , Evans, Denis A., Lunetta, Kathryn L. , Kamboh, M. Ilyas , Saykin, Andrew J. , Reiman, Eric M. , Jager, Philip L. De , Morris, John C. , Montine, Thomas J. , Goate, Alison , Blacker, Deborah , Tsuang, Debby W. , Håkonarson, Håkon , Kukull, Walter A. , Foroud, Tatiana, Martin, Eden R. , Haines, Jonathan L. , Mayeux, Richard , Farrer, Lindsay A. , Schellenberg, Gerard D., Pericak‐Vance, Margaret A. , Albert, Marilyn S. , Albin, Roger L. , Apostolova, Liana G. , Arnold, Steven E. , Barber, Robert W., Beach, Thomas G. , Beekly, Duane, Bigio, Eileen H. , Bowen, James D. , Boxer, Adam, Cairns, Nigel J. , Cantwell, Laura B., Cao, Chuanhai , Carlson, Chris , Carney, Regina M., Carrasquillo, Minerva M., Carroll, Steven L. , Chui, Helena C., Clark, David G., Corneveaux, Jason J., Cribbs, David H. , DeCarli, Charles , DeKosky, Steven T. , Dick, Malcolm, Duara, Ranjan , Faber, Kelley M., Fallon, Kenneth B., Farlow, Martin R. , Ferris, Steven H. , Frosch, Matthew P. , Gearing, Marla , Geschwind, Daniel H. , Gilbert, John R., Glass, Jonathan D. , Growdon, John H., Hamilton, Ronald L. , Harrell, Lindy E., Hulette, Christine M., Jicha, Gregory A. , Jin, Lee‐Way, Karydas, Anna, Koo, Edward H. , Kowall, Neil W. , Kramer, Joel H. , LaFerla, Frank M. , Leverenz, James B. , Li, Ge , Lieberman, Andrew P. , Lin, Chiao‐Feng , Lyketsos, Constantine G. , Mack, Wendy J. , Martiniuk, Frank , Mash, Deborah C. , Masliah, Eliezer , McCormick, Wayne C., McKee, Ann C. , Miller, Carol A., Miller, Joshua W., Murrell, Jill R. , Olichney, John , Parisi, Joseph E., Paulson, Henry L. , Peskind, Elaine R. , Petersen, Ronald , Pierce, Aimee, Poon, Wayne W. , Raj, Ashok , Raskind, Murray A. , Reisberg, ‌Barry , Ringman, John M. , Rosen, Howard J., Rosenberg, Roger N., Sano, Mary , Schneider, Lon S. , Smith, Amanda , Sonnen, Joshua A. , Stern, Robert A. , Tanzi, Rudolph E. , Thornton‐Wells, Tricia A., Trojanowski, John Q. , Troncoso, Juan C. , Vinters, Harry V. , Vonsattel, Jean Paul, Weıntraub, Sandra , Wishnek, Sarah, Woltjer, Randall L. , Wright, Clinton B., Younkin, Steven G., Yu, Chang‐En , Yu, Lei, Bennett, David A. , DeCarli, Charles , Pankratz, Vernon S, Naj, Adam Christian , Perry, William , Hamilton‐Nelson, Kara L. , Wang, Li-San, Myers, Amanda , Boeve, Bradley F. , Rogaeva, Ekaterina A. , Cruchaga, Carlos , Kramer, P. L., Green, Robert C. , Schneider, Julie A. , Bennett, David , Barnes, Lisa L. , Becker, James T. , Burke, James R. , Carrasquillo, Minerva M. , Chui, Helena C. , Crocco, Elizabeth , Dickson, Dennis W. , Duara, Ranjan , Galasko, Douglas , Ganguli, Mary , Ghetti, Bernardino , Head, Elizabeth , Honig, Lawrence S. , Hyman, Bradley T. , Kaye, Jeffrey , Kim, Ronald , Lah, James J. , Levey, Allan I. , López, Oscar L. , McCurry, Susan M. , McDavid, Andrew , Mesulam, Marsel M. , Miller, Bruce L. , Pankratz, V. Shane , Potter, Huntington , Quinn, Joseph F. , Roberson, Erik D. , Seeley, William W. , Spina, Salvatore , Valladares, Otto , Deerlin, Vivianna M. Van , Eldik, Linda J. Van , Vardarajan, Badri Narayan , Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen Anne , Williamson, Jennifer , Bennett, David A. , Hakonarson, Hakon , Saykin, Andrew J , Leverenz, James B , Jarvik, Gail P , Paulson, Henry L , Stern, Robert A , Hardy, John , Morris, John C , Goate, Alison M , Jicha, Gregory A , Sonnen, Joshua

JAMA Neurology | September 8, 2014 | Volume: 71 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 1394

10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.1491

O1‐12‐03: THAL AMYLOID PHASE: CLINICOPATHOLOGIC AND PIB‐PET IMPLICATIONS OF AD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Murray, Melissa E. , Graff‐Radford, Neill R. , Liesinger, Amanda M., Rawal, Bhupendra, Petersen, Ronald C. , Duara, Ranjan , Lowe, Val J. , Cannon, Ashley , Jack, Clifford R. , Kantarci, Kejal , Ross, Owen A. , Duara, Ranjan , Dickson, Dennis W. , Murray, Melissa E

Alzheimer's & Dementia | September 6, 2014 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 4S_Part_2 | Pages: No page available

10.1016/j.jalz.2014.04.124

P3–112: Patterns of regional brain atrophy and amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's disease

Duara, Ranjan , Barker, Warren , Shen, Qian , Greig‐Custo, Maria T., Varón, Daniel , Duara, Ranjan , Loewenstein, David , Murray, Melissa E. , Dickson, Dennis W.

Alzheimer's & Dementia | October 9, 2013 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 4S_Part_15 | Pages: No page available

10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1183

Genome-wide scan of healthy human connectome discovers SPON1 gene variant influencing dementia severity

Jahanshad, Neda , Rajagopalan, Priya , Hua, Xue , Hibar, Derrek P., Nir, Talia M. , Toga, Arthur W. , Jack, Clifford R., Saykin, Andrew J. , Weiner, Michael W. , Medland, Sarah E. , Montgomery, Grant W. , Hansell, Narelle K. , McMahon, Katie L. , Zubicaray, Greig I. de , Martin, Nicholas G. , Wright, Margaret J. , Thompson, Paul M. , Initiative, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging, Aisen, Paul, Petersen, Ronald, Jagust, William J. , Trojanowski, John Q. , Toga, Arthur W., Green, Robert C., Liu, Enchi , Green, Robert C., Montine, Tom, Gamst, Anthony, Thomas, Ronald G. , Donohue, Michael, Walter, Sarah , Gessert, Devon, Sather, Tamie, Harvey, Danielle, Donohue, Michael, Kornak, John , Jack, Clifford R., Felmlee, Joel P. , Schuff, Norbert, Alexander, Gene, DeCarli, Charles , Bandy, Dan, Foster, Norm, Reiman, Eric M. , Mathis, Chet, Cairns, Nigel J. , Taylor‐Reinwald, Lisa, Trojanowki, John Q., Shaw, Les, Korecka, Magdalena , Toga, Arthur W., Crawford, Karen , Neu, Scott, Khachaturian, Zaven S., Frank, R.T., Molchan, Susan, Quinn, Joseph, Lind, Betty, Dolen, Sara, Schneider, Lon S. , Pawluczyk, Sonia, Spann, Bryan M., Brewer, James, Vanderswag, Helen, Heidebrink, Judith L. , Johnson, Kris , Doody, Rachelle S., Chowdhury, Munir , Bell, Karen L. , Carroll, Maria , Leon, Sue, Mintun, Mark A., Schneider, Stacy, Marson, Daniel , Griffith, Randall, Clark, David, Grossman, Hillel, Mitsis, Effie, Romirowsky, Aliza, deToledo‐Morrell, Leyla, Duara, Ranjan , Varon, Daniel, Roberts, Peggy, Albert, Marilyn, Onyike, Chiadi, Kielb, Stephanie , Glodzik, Lidia , Santi, Susan De , Doraiswamy, P. Murali , Petrella, Jeffrey R. , Coleman, Robert E. , Arnold, Steven E. , Karlawish, Jason H., Smith, Charles D., Jicha, Gregory A. , Hardy, Peter , Lopez, Oscar L., Oakley, MaryAnn, Simpson, Donna M., Goldstein, Bonnie S., Martin, Kim, Makino, Kelly M., Ismail, M. Saleem , Brand, Connie, Mulnard, Ruth A., Thai, Gaby , Mc-Adams-Ortiz, Catherine, Mathews, Dana, Quiceno, Mary , King, Richard, Martin-Cook, Kristen, Devous, Michael D. , Cellar, Janet S., Anderson, Heather S., Swerdlow, Russell H. , Apostolova, Liana , Lu, Po H. , Bartzokis, George, Graff‐Radford, Neill R. , Parfitt, Francine, Farlow, Martin R. , Hake, Ann Marie , Matthews, Brandy R., Herring, Scott, Dyck, Christopher H. van , Carson, Richard E. , MacAvoy, Martha G., Chertkow, Howard , Bergman, Howard , Hosein, Chris, Caldwell, Curtis, Hsiung, Ging‐Yuek Robin , Feldman, Howard J., Mudge, Benita, Assaly, Michele, Kertesz, Andrew, Rogers, John, Trost, Dick, Bernick, Charles , Munic, Donna, Mesulam, Marek-Marsel, Lipowski, Kristina, Wu, Chuang‐Kuo, Johnson, Nancy E., Sadowsky, Carl, Villena, Teresa, Johnson, Kathleen, Reynolds, Brigid, Marshall, Gad A. , Frey, Meghan , Yesavage, Jerome A. , Taylor, Joy L. , Lane, Barton , Rosen, Allyson , Tinklenberg, Jared, Sabbagh, Marwan, Belden, Christine M. , Jacobson, Sandra A. , Kowall, Neil W. , Budson, Andrew E. , Johnson, Patricia Lynn, Wolday, Saba, Bwayo, Salome K., Lerner, Alan J. , Hudson, Leon, Ogrocki, Paula, Fletcher, Evan, Olichney, John , Kittur, Smita, Borrie, Michael, Lee, T.-Y., Bartha, Robert , Asthana, Sanjay , Carlsson, Cynthia M., Preda, Adrian , Tariot, Pierre N. , Fleisher, Adam , Reeder, Stephanie, Bates, Vernice, Capote, Horacio, Rainka, Michelle, Kataki, Maria , Zimmerman, Earl A. , Celmins, Dzintra, Brown, Alice D., Blank, Karen, Anderson, Karen, Santulli, Robert B. , Schwartz, Eben S., Williamson, Jeff D. , Garg, Pradeep , Watkins, Franklin, Ott, Brian R. , Querfurth, Henry, Tremont, Geoffrey , Salloway, Stephen , Malloy, Paul, Correia, Stephen , Rosen, Howard J., Mintzer, Jacobo , Longmire, Crystal Flynn, Spicer, Kenneth, Rachinsky, Irina, Kertesz, Andrew, Drost, Dick, Lee, Ting‐Yim , Jack, Clifford R., Green, Robert C. , Initiative, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging, Jack, Clifford R. , Toga, Arthur W., Beckett, Laurel , Green, Robert C., Morris, John C. , Green, Robert C., Donohue, Michael, Sather, Tamie, Donohue, Michael, Jack, Clifford R., Dale, Anders M. , Bernstein, Matt A. , Fox, Nick C. , Koeppe, Robert A. , Chen, Kewei , Mathis, Chet, Lee, Virginia M.‐Y. , Toga, Arthur W., Foroud, Tatiana , Potkin, Steven G. , Shen, Li , Snyder, Peter J. , Kaye, Jeffrey , Lord, Joanne L. , Villanueva-Meyer, Javier E. , Stern, Yaakov , Honig, Lawrence S. , Ances, Beau M. , Grossman, Hillel, Shah, Raj C. , Duara, Ranjan , Varón, Daniel , Rusinek, Henry , Leon, Mony J. de , Karlawish, Jason , Wolk, David A. , Porsteinsson, Anton P. , Womack, Kyle , Diaz‐Arrastia, Ramon , Weiner, Myron , Levey, Allan I. , Lah, James J. , Burns, Jeffrey M. , Silverman, Daniel H.S. , Johnson, Heather M. , Black, Sandra E. , Stefanovic, Bojana , Kertesz, Andrew, Kerwin, Diana , Martínez, Walter Fabián , Turner, Raymond Scott , Sperling, Reisa Anne , Johnson, Keith A. , Killiany, Ronald , Norbash, Alexander , Obisesan, Thomas O. , Carmichael, Owen , Johnson, Sterling C. , Nguyen, Dana R. , Reeder, Stephanie, Scharre, Douglas W. , Pearlson, Godfrey D. , Sink, Kaycee M. , Miller, Bruce L. , Finger, Elizabeth C. , Kertesz, Andrew, de Zubicaray, Greig I , Hansell, Narelle K , Saykin, Andrew J , Preda, Adrian , Martin, Nicholas G , Toga, Arthur W , Wright, Margaret J , Thompson, Paul M , Medland, Sarah E , Hsiung, Gink-Yuek , Jicha, Gregory A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | March 5, 2013 | Volume: 110 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 4768-4773

10.1073/pnas.1216206110

Aberrant connectivity is implicated in many neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. However, other than a few disease-associated candidate genes, we know little about the degree to which genetics play a role in the brain networks; we know even less about specific genes that influence brain connections. Twin and family-based studies can generate estimates of overall genetic influences on a trait, but genome-wide association scans (GWASs) can screen the genome for specific variants influencing the brain or risk for disease. To identify the heritability of various brain connections, we scanned healthy young adult twins with high-field, high-angular resolution diffusion MRI. We adapted GWASs to screen the brain’s connectivity pattern, allowing us to discover genetic variants that affect the human brain’s wiring. The association of connectivity with the SPON1 variant at rs2618516 on chromosome 11 (11p15.2) reached connectome-wide, genome-wide significance after stringent statistical corrections were enforced, and it was replicated in an independent subsample. rs2618516 was shown to affect brain structure in an elderly population with varying degrees of dementia. Older people who carried the connectivity variant had significantly milder clinical dementia scores and lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. As a posthoc analysis, we conducted GWASs on several organizational and topological network measures derived from the matrices to discover variants in and around genes associated with autism ( MACROD2 ), development ( NEDD4 ), and mental retardation ( UBE2A ) significantly associated with connectivity. Connectome-wide, genome-wide screening offers substantial promise to discover genes affecting brain connectivity and risk for brain diseases.