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SUBMITTER: Hibar DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5253632 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20170118
The hippocampal formation is a brain structure integrally involved in episodic memory, spatial navigation, cognition and stress responsiveness. Structural abnormalities in hippocampal volume and shape are found in several common neuropsychiatric disorders. To identify the genetic underpinnings of hippocampal structure here we perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 33,536 individuals and discover six independent loci significantly associated with hippocampal volume, four of them novel. ...[more]