@article {9877,
	title = {Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence},
	journal = {Nature Genetics},
	volume = {50},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-07-2018},
	pages = {912 - 919},
	abstract = {Intelligence is highly heritable1 and a major determinant of human health and well-being2. Recent genome-wide meta-analyses have identified 24 genomic loci linked to variation in intelligence3-7, but much about its genetic underpinnings remains to be discovered. Here, we present a large-scale genetic association study of intelligence (n = 269,867), identifying 205 associated genomic loci (190 new) and 1,016 genes (939 new) via positional mapping, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping, chromatin interaction mapping, and gene-based association analysis. We find enrichment of genetic effects in conserved and coding regions and associations with 146 nonsynonymous exonic variants. Associated genes are strongly expressed in the brain, specifically in striatal medium spiny neurons and hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Gene set analyses implicate pathways related to nervous system development and synaptic structure. We confirm previous strong genetic correlations with multiple health-related outcomes, and Mendelian randomization analysis results suggest protective effects of intelligence for Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease and ADHD and bidirectional causation with pleiotropic effects for schizophrenia. These results are a major step forward in understanding the neurobiology of cognitive function as well as genetically related neurological and psychiatric disorders.

},
	keywords = {Genome-Wide Association Study, Intelligence, Meta-analyses},
	issn = {1061-4036},
	doi = {10.1038/s41588-018-0152-6},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0152-6http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0152-6.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0152-6http://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0152-6.pdf},
	author = {Savage, Jeanne E. and Philip R Jansen and Stringer, Sven and Watanabe, Kyoko and Bryois, Julien and Christiaan de Leeuw and Nagel, Mats and Awasthi, Swapnil and Barr, Peter B. and Coleman, Jonathan R. I. and Grasby, Katrina L. and Anke R Hammerschlag and Kaminski, Jakob A. and Karlsson, Robert and Krapohl, Eva and Lam, Max and Nygaard, Marianne and Chandra A Reynolds and Joey W Trampush and Young, Hannah and Zabaneh, Delilah and H{\"a}gg, Sara and Narelle K Hansell and Ida Karlsson and Linnarsson, Sten and Grant W Montgomery and Mu{\~n}oz-Manchado, Ana B. and Quinlan, Erin B. and Schumann, Gunter and Skene, Nathan G. and Webb, Bradley T. and White, Tonya and Dan E Arking and Avramopoulos, Dimitrios and Robert M Bilder and Bitsios, Panos and Katherine E Burdick and Tyrone D. Cannon and Chiba-Falek, Ornit and Christoforou, Andrea and Elizabeth T. Cirulli and Congdon, Eliza and Corvin, Aiden and Gail Davies and Ian J Deary and DeRosse, Pamela and Dickinson, Dwight and Djurovic, Srdjan and Donohoe, Gary and Conley, Emily Drabant and Johan G Eriksson and Espeseth, Thomas and Nelson A. Freimer and Giakoumaki, Stella and Giegling, Ina and Gill, Michael and David C. Glahn and Ahmad R Hariri and Hatzimanolis, Alex and Matthew C Keller and Knowles, Emma and Koltai, Deborah and Konte, Bettina and Lahti, Jari and Stephanie Le Hellard and Lencz, Todd and David C Liewald and London, Edythe and Astri J Lundervold and Anil K. Malhotra and Melle, Ingrid and Morris, Derek and Anna C Need and William E R Ollier and Aarno Palotie and Payton, Antony and Pendleton, Neil and Russell A Poldrack and Katri R{\"a}ikk{\"o}nen and Reinvang, Ivar and Roussos, Panos and Rujescu, Dan and Fred W Sabb and Matthew A Scult and Smeland, Olav B. and Smyrnis, Nikolaos and John M Starr and Vidar M Steen and Nikos C Stefanis and Richard E Straub and Sundet, Kjetil and Henning Tiemeier and Aristotle N Voineskos and Daniel R Weinberger and Elisabeth Widen and Yu, Jin and Gon{\c c}alo R Abecasis and Andreassen, Ole A. and Breen, Gerome and Christiansen, Lene and Debrabant, Birgit and Danielle M. Dick and Heinz, Andreas and Hjerling-Leffler, Jens and Mohammed Arfan Ikram and Kendler, Kenneth S. and Nicholas G Martin and Sarah E Medland and Nancy L Pedersen and Plomin, Robert and Tinca J Polderman and Ripke, Stephan and van der Sluis, Sophie and Patrick F. Sullivan and Scott Vrieze and Margaret J Wright and Posthuma, Danielle}
}
@article {12139,
	title = {Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function.},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {2098},
	abstract = {<p>General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the CHARGE and COGENT consortia, and UK Biobank (total N = 300,486; age 16-102) and find 148 genome-wide significant independent loci (P < 5 {\texttimes} 10) associated with general cognitive function. Within the novel genetic loci are variants associated with neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, physical and psychiatric illnesses, and brain structure. Gene-based analyses find 709 genes associated with general cognitive function. Expression levels across the cortex are associated with general cognitive function. Using polygenic scores, up to 4.3\% of variance in general cognitive function is predicted in independent samples. We detect significant genetic overlap between general cognitive function, reaction time, and many health variables including eyesight, hypertension, and longevity. In conclusion we identify novel genetic loci and pathways contributing to the heritability of general cognitive function.</p>},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cognition, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Mental Disorders, Middle Aged, Multifactorial Inheritance, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Reaction Time, Young Adult},
	issn = {2041-1723},
	doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-04362-x},
	author = {Gail Davies and Lam, Max and Sarah E Harris and Joey W Trampush and Luciano, Michelle and W David Hill and Hagenaars, Saskia P and Ritchie, Stuart J and Riccardo E Marioni and Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe and David C Liewald and Okely, Judith A and Ahola-Olli, Ari V and Barnes, Catriona L K and Bertram, Lars and Joshua C. Bis and Katherine E Burdick and Christoforou, Andrea and DeRosse, Pamela and Djurovic, Srdjan and Espeseth, Thomas and Giakoumaki, Stella and Giddaluru, Sudheer and Gustavson, Daniel E and Caroline Hayward and Edith Hofer and Ikram, M Arfan and Karlsson, Robert and Knowles, Emma and Lahti, Jari and Leber, Markus and Li, Shuo and Mather, Karen A and Melle, Ingrid and Morris, Derek and Christopher J Oldmeadow and Palviainen, Teemu and Payton, Antony and Pazoki, Raha and Katja E Petrovic and Chandra A Reynolds and Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan and Scholz, Markus and Smith, Jennifer A and Smith, Albert V and Terzikhan, Natalie and Thalamuthu, Anbupalam and Trompet, Stella and Sven J van der Lee and Erin B Ware and Windham, B Gwen and Margaret J Wright and Yang, Jingyun and Yu, Jin and Ames, David and Amin, Najaf and Amouyel, Philippe and Andreassen, Ole A and Armstrong, Nicola J and Assareh, Amelia A and John R. Attia and Attix, Deborah and Avramopoulos, Dimitrios and David A Bennett and B{\"o}hmer, Anne C and Patricia A. Boyle and Brodaty, Henry and Campbell, Harry and Tyrone D. Cannon and Elizabeth T. Cirulli and Congdon, Eliza and Conley, Emily Drabant and Corley, Janie and Cox, Simon R and Dale, Anders M and Dehghan, Abbas and Danielle M. Dick and Dickinson, Dwight and Johan G Eriksson and Evangelou, Evangelos and Jessica Faul and Ford, Ian and Nelson A. Freimer and Gao, He and Giegling, Ina and Gillespie, Nathan A and Gordon, Scott D and Gottesman, Rebecca F and Michael E Griswold and Gudnason, Vilmundur and Tamara B Harris and Hartmann, Annette M and Hatzimanolis, Alex and Gerardo Heiss and Holliday, Elizabeth G and Joshi, Peter K and K{\"a}h{\"o}nen, Mika and Sharon L R Kardia and Ida Karlsson and Kleineidam, Luca and David S Knopman and Kochan, Nicole A and Konte, Bettina and Kwok, John B and Stephanie Le Hellard and Lee, Teresa and Lehtim{\"a}ki, Terho and Li, Shu-Chen and Lill, Christina M and Liu, Tian and Koini, Marisa and London, Edythe and Longstreth, Will T and Lopez, Oscar L and Loukola, Anu and Luck, Tobias and Astri J Lundervold and Lundquist, Anders and Lyytik{\"a}inen, Leo-Pekka and Nicholas G Martin and Grant W Montgomery and Murray, Alison D and Anna C Need and Noordam, Raymond and Nyberg, Lars and William E R Ollier and Papenberg, Goran and Pattie, Alison and Polasek, Ozren and Russell A Poldrack and Psaty, Bruce M and Reppermund, Simone and Steffi G Riedel-Heller and Rose, Richard J and Rotter, Jerome I and Roussos, Panos and Rovio, Suvi P and Saba, Yasaman and Fred W Sabb and Sachdev, Perminder S and Satizabal, Claudia L and Schmid, Matthias and Rodney J Scott and Matthew A Scult and Simino, Jeannette and Slagboom, P Eline and Smyrnis, Nikolaos and Soumar{\'e}, A{\"\i}cha and Nikos C Stefanis and Stott, David J and Richard E Straub and Sundet, Kjetil and Taylor, Adele M and Kent D Taylor and Tzoulaki, Ioanna and Tzourio, Christophe and Andr{\'e} G Uitterlinden and Vitart, Veronique and Aristotle N Voineskos and Kaprio, Jaakko and Wagner, Michael and Wagner, Holger and Weinhold, Leonie and Wen, K Hoyan and Elisabeth Widen and Yang, Qiong and Zhao, Wei and Hieab H Adams and Dan E Arking and Robert M Bilder and Bitsios, Panos and Boerwinkle, Eric and Chiba-Falek, Ornit and Corvin, Aiden and Philip L de Jager and Debette, St{\'e}phanie and Donohoe, Gary and Elliott, Paul and Fitzpatrick, Annette L and Gill, Michael and David C. Glahn and H{\"a}gg, Sara and Narelle K Hansell and Ahmad R Hariri and Ikram, M Kamran and Jukema, J Wouter and Vuoksimaa, Eero and Matthew C Keller and Kremen, William S and Lenore J Launer and Lindenberger, Ulman and Aarno Palotie and Nancy L Pedersen and Pendleton, Neil and David J Porteous and Katri R{\"a}ikk{\"o}nen and Olli T Raitakari and Ramirez, Alfredo and Reinvang, Ivar and Rudan, Igor and Schmidt, Reinhold and Schmidt, Helena and Peter W Schofield and Peter R Schofield and John M Starr and Vidar M Steen and Trollor, Julian N and Turner, Steven T and Cornelia M van Duijn and Villringer, Arno and Daniel R Weinberger and David R Weir and James F Wilson and Anil K. Malhotra and McIntosh, Andrew M and Gale, Catharine R and Seshadri, Sudha and Thomas H Mosley and Bressler, Jan and Lencz, Todd and Ian J Deary}
}
