Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental
disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in 59 children. ASD is highly genetically heterogeneous …

Decades of research show that genes play an vital role in the etiology of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its comorbidity with other disorders. Family, twin, and …

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood behavioral
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …

Background Comorbidity with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is very common
in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), worsening the developmental trajectory of ASD. The …

Brain functional imaging data, especially functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
data, have been employed to reflect functional integration of the brain. Alteration in brain …

Executive dysfunction has been shown to be a promising endophenotype in
neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention …

Most psychiatric disorders are moderately to highly heritable. The degree to which genetic
variation is unique to individual disorders or shared across disorders is unclear. To examine …

BACKGROUND: Findings from family and twin studies suggest that genetic contributions to
psychiatric disorders do not in all cases map to present diagnostic categories. We aimed to …

Background Despite evidence from twin and family studies for an important contribution of
genetic factors to both childhood and adult onset psychiatric disorders, identifying robustly …

Genome-wide association studies have identified many variants that each affects multiple
traits, particularly across autoimmune diseases, cancers and neuropsychiatric disorders …