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17949694
TITLE
QTLs identified for P3 amplitude in a non-clinical sample: importance of neurodevelopmental and neurotransmitter genes.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND NlmCategory: BACKGROUND
The P3(00) event-related potential is an index of processing capacity (P3 amplitude) and stimulus evaluation (P3 latency) as well as a phenotypic marker of various forms of psychopathology where P3 abnormalities have been reported.
METHODS NlmCategory: METHODS
A genome-wide linkage scan of 400-761 autosomal markers, at an average spacing of 5-10 centimorgans (cM), was completed in 647 twins/siblings (306 families mostly comprising dizygotic twins), mean age 16.3, range 15.4-20.1 years, for whom P3 amplitude and latency data were available.
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
Significant linkage for P3 amplitude was observed on chromosome 7q for the central recording site (logarithm-of-odds [LOD] = 3.88, p = .00002) and in the same region for both frontal (LOD = 2.19, p = .0015) and parietal (LOD = 1.67, p = .0053) sites, with multivariate analysis also identifying linkage in this region (LOD = 2.14, p = .0017). Suggestive linkage was also identified on 6p (LOD(max) = 2.49) and 12q (LOD(max) = 2.24), with other promising regions identified on 9q (LOD(max) = 2.14) and 10p (LOD(max) = 2.18). Less striking were the results for P3 latency; LOD > 1.5 were found on chromosomes 1q, 9q, 10q, 12q, and 19p.
CONCLUSIONS NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
This is a first step in the identification of genes for normal variation in the P3. Loci identified here for P3 amplitude suggest the possible importance of neurodevelopmental genes in addition to those influencing neurotransmitters, fitting with the evidence that P3 amplitude is sensitive to diverse types of brain abnormalities.
DATE PUBLISHED
2008 May 1
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2007/01/24
revised 2007/06/26
accepted 2007/09/07
aheadofprint 2007/10/22
pubmed 2007/10/24 09:00
medline 2008/04/30 09:00
entrez 2007/10/24 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Wright MJ Wright Margaret J MJ Queensland Institute of Medical Research, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Margie.Wright@qimr.edu.au
Luciano M Luciano Michelle M
Hansell NK Hansell Narelle K NK
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Geffen GM Geffen Gina M GM
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 63
ISSUE: 9
TITLE: Biological psychiatry
ISOABBREVIATION: Biol. Psychiatry
YEAR: 2008
MONTH: May
DAY: 1
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1873-2402
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Biol Psychiatry
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0006-3223
NLMUNIQUEID: 0213264
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
N01-HG-65403 NHGRI NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Brain Mapping
Cerebral Cortex physiopathology
Chromosome Mapping physiopathology
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 genetics
Cognition Disorders physiopathology
Developmental Disabilities physiopathology
Diseases in Twins physiopathology
Event-Related Potentials, P300 physiology
Female physiology
Genetic Markers genetics
Genetic Testing genetics
Genotype genetics
Humans genetics
Lod Score genetics
Male genetics
Microsatellite Repeats genetics
Neuropsychological Tests genetics
Neurotransmitter Agents physiology
Phenotype physiology
Polymorphism, Genetic genetics
Quantitative Trait Loci genetics
Reaction Time physiology
Statistics as Topic physiology
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Genetic Markers
0 Neurotransmitter Agents
OTHER ID's