Selected summaries from the XVI World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Osaka, Japan, 11-15 October 2008.
The XVI World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, sponsored by the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics took place in Osaka, Japan, October 2008. Approximately 600 participants gathered to discuss the latest molecular genetic findings relevant to serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, alcohol and drug abuse, autism, and attention-deficit disorder. Recently, the field has advanced considerably and includes new genome-wide association studies with the largest numbers of individuals screened and density of markers to date, as well as newly uncovered genetic phenomena, such as copy number variation that may prove to be relevant for specific brain disorders. The following report represents some of the areas covered during this conference and some of the major new findings presented.
Bergen
Sarah
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Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Chen
Jingchun
J
Dagdan
Elif
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Foon
Tee Shiau
TS
Goes
Fernando S
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Houlihan
Lorna M
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Kloiber
Stefan
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Kumar
Ravinesh A
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Kuzman
Martina Rojnic
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Menke
Andreas
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Pedroso
Inti
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Videtic
Alja
A
Villafuerte
Sandra
S
DeLisi
Lynn E
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D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000235:genetics; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics; D055808:Drug Discovery; D018628:Gene Dosage; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000378:metabolism; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D010641:Phenotype; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics; D012890:Sleep / Q000235:genetics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000235:genetics
D035683:MicroRNAs