title: Provisional hypotheses for the molecular genetics of cognitive development: imaging genetic pathways in the anterior cingulate cortex.
abstract: Brain imaging genetic research involves a multitude of methods and spans many traditional levels of analysis. Given the vast permutations among several million common genetic variants with thousands of brain tissue voxels and a wide array of cognitive tasks that activate specific brain systems, we are prompted to develop specific hypotheses that synthesize converging evidence and state clear predictions about the anatomical sources, magnitude and direction (increases vs. decreases) of allele- and task-specific brain activity associations. To begin to develop a framework for shaping our imaging genetic hypotheses, we focus on previous results and the wider imaging genetic literature. Particular emphasis is placed on converging evidence that links system-level and biochemical studies with models of synaptic function. In shaping our own imaging genetic hypotheses on the development of Attention Networks, we review relevant literature on core models of synaptic physiology and development in the anterior cingulate cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, United States. John.fossella@mssm.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fossella
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guise
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brocki
authors.forename: Patrick R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hof
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kittappa
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Posner
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen