Renata B. Cupertino

2 months ago | nature.com | Diego L. Rovaris |Sintia I. Belangero |Sheila T. Nagamatsu |Caroline M Nievergelt |Roseann E. Peterson |Laura Sloofman | +28 more

AbstractPsychiatric disorders are highly heritable and polygenic, influenced by environmental factors and often comorbid. Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) through consortium efforts have identified genetic risk loci and revealed the underlying biology of psychiatric disorders and traits. However, over 85% of psychiatric GWAS participants are of European ancestry, limiting the applicability of these findings to non-European populations.

Jun 28, 2023 | nature.com | Matthew D. Albaugh |Max Owens |Renata B. Cupertino |Scott Mackey |Tobias Banaschewski |Patricia J. Conrod | +16 more

AbstractLeveraging ~10 years of prospective longitudinal data on 704 participants, we examined the effects of adolescent versus young adult cannabis initiation on MRI-assessed cortical thickness development and behavior. Data were obtained from the IMAGEN study conducted across eight European sites. We identified IMAGEN participants who reported being cannabis-naïve at baseline and had data available at baseline, 5-year, and 9-year follow-up visits.