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    American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics: Volume 171, Issue 3

    i, 303-491
    April 2016
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Cover Image, Volume 171B, Number 3, April 2016

Tamar Green,  Kyle C. Fierro,  Mira M. Raman,  Manish Saggar,  Kristen E. Sheau,  Allan L. Reiss, 
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  • First Published: 18 March 2016
Cover Image, Volume 171B, Number 3, April 2016

The cover image, by Tamar Green et al., is based on the Research Article Surface-based morphometry reveals distinct cortical thickness and surface area profiles in Williams syndrome, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32422.

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  • Pages: 303-304
  • First Published: 18 March 2016

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The ethics of complexity. Genetics and autism, a literature review

Kristien Hens,  Hilde Peeters,  Kris Dierickx, 
  • Pages: 305-316
  • First Published: 12 February 2016

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Variants in TERT influencing telomere length are associated with paranoid schizophrenia risk

Shuquan Rao,  Ning Ye,  Huiling Hu,  Yan Shen,  Qi Xu, 
  • Pages: 317-324
  • First Published: 22 January 2016
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Disorder-specific genetic factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A comprehensive meta-analysis

Steven Taylor, 
  • Pages: 325-332
  • First Published: 30 November 2015
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Novel variants in ZNF34 and other brain-expressed transcription factors are shared among early-onset MDD relatives

Ryan L. Subaran,  Zagaa Odgerel,  Rajeswari Swaminathan,  Charles E. Glatt,  Myrna M. Weissman, 
  • Pages: 333-341
  • First Published: 29 January 2016
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Association of four new candidate genetic variants with Parkinson's disease in a Han Chinese population

Ling Wang,  Lan Cheng,  Nan-Nan Li,  Wen-Juan Yu,  Xiao-Yi Sun,  Rong Peng, 
  • Pages: 342-347
  • First Published: 17 December 2015
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Executive functioning deficits in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: The influence of intellectual and social functioning

Ellen Plasschaert,  Lien Van Eylen,  Mie-Jef Descheemaeker,  Ilse Noens,  Eric Legius,  Jean Steyaert, 
  • Pages: 348-362
  • First Published: 15 January 2016
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Autism spectrum disorder traits in Slc9a9 knock-out mice

Lina Yang,  Stephen V. Faraone,  Yanli Zhang-James, 
  • Pages: 363-376
  • First Published: 11 January 2016
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The 22q11 PRODH/DGCR6 deletion is frequent in hyperprolinemic subjects but is not a strong risk factor for ASD

Anne Claire Richard,  Anne Rovelet-Lecrux,  Elsa Delaby,  Camille Charbonnier,  Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram,  Eli Hatchwell,  Peggy S. Eis,  Alexandra Afenjar,  Brigitte Gilbert Dussardier,  Stephen W. Scherer,  Catalina Betancur,  Dominique Campion, 
  • Pages: 377-382
  • First Published: 14 January 2016
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Longitudinal predictors of cannabis use and dependence in offspring from families at ultra high risk for alcohol dependence and in control families

Shirley Y. Hill,  Bobby L. Jones,  Stuart R. Steinhauer,  Nicholas Zezza,  Scott Stiffler, 
  • Pages: 383-395
  • First Published: 12 January 2016
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The impact of CACNA1C allelic variation on regional gray matter volume in Chinese population

Liang Huang,  Yin Mo,  Xuejin Sun,  Hualin Yu,  Hao Li,  Lichuan Wu,  Ming Li, 
  • Pages: 396-401
  • First Published: 12 January 2016
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Surface-based morphometry reveals distinct cortical thickness and surface area profiles in Williams syndrome

Tamar Green,  Kyle C. Fierro,  Mira M. Raman,  Manish Saggar,  Kristen E. Sheau,  Allan L. Reiss, 
  • Pages: 402-413
  • First Published: 07 February 2016
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A pilot integrative genomics study of GABA and glutamate neurotransmitter systems in suicide, suicidal behavior, and major depressive disorder

Honglei Yin,  Spiro P. Pantazatos,  Hanga Galfalvy,  Yung-yu Huang,  Gorazd B. Rosoklija,  Andrew J. Dwork,  Ainsley Burke,  Victoria Arango,  Maria A. Oquendo,  Joseph John Mann, 
  • Pages: 414-426
  • First Published: 19 February 2016
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Comparative mRNA analysis of behavioral and genetic mouse models of aggression

Karim Malki,  Maria G. Tosto,  Oliver Pain,  Frans Sluyter,  Yann S. Mineur,  Wim E. Crusio,  Sietse de Boer,  Kenneth N. Sandnabba,  Jad Kesserwani,  Edward Robinson,  Leonard C. Schalkwyk,  Philip Asherson, 
  • Pages: 427-436
  • First Published: 17 February 2016
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A comprehensive meta-analysis of ZNF804A SNPs in the risk of schizophrenia among Asian populations

Liang Huang,  Kazutaka Ohi,  Hong Chang,  Hao Yu,  Lichuan Wu,  Weihua Yue,  Dai Zhang,  Lei Gao,  Ming Li, 
  • Pages: 437-446
  • First Published: 11 February 2016
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Association of copy number polymorphisms at the promoter and translated region of COMT with Japanese patients with schizophrenia

Ryoko Higashiyama,  Tohru Ohnuma,  Yuto Takebayashi,  Ryo Hanzawa,  Nobuto Shibata,  Hidenaga Yamamori,  Yuka Yasuda,  Itaru Kushima,  Branko Aleksic,  Kenji Kondo,  Masashi Ikeda,  Ryota Hashimoto,  Nakao Iwata,  Norio Ozaki,  Heii Arai, 
  • Pages: 447-457
  • First Published: 07 February 2016
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Reinforcing the association between distal 1q CNVs and structural brain disorder: A case of a complex 1q43-q44 CNV and a review of the literature

Isabel A. Hemming,  Alistair R. R. Forrest,  Peter Shipman,  Karen J. Woodward,  Peter Walsh,  David G. Ravine,  Julian Ik-Tsen Heng, 
  • Pages: 458-467
  • First Published: 07 February 2016
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Genetic association between NRG1 and schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder in Han Chinese population

Zujia Wen,  Jianhua Chen,  Raja Amjad Waheed Khan,  Zhijian Song,  Meng Wang,  Zhiqiang Li,  Jiawei Shen,  Wenjin Li,  Yongyong Shi, 
  • Pages: 468-478
  • First Published: 17 February 2016
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The contribution of protein intrinsic disorder to understand the role of genetic variants uncovered by autism spectrum disorders exome studies

Jaqueline Bohrer Schuch,  Vanessa Rodrigues Paixão-Côrtes,  Deise C. Friedrich,  Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, 
  • Pages: 479-491
  • First Published: 19 February 2016