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Derek Morris

National University of Ireland Galway
Verified email at nuigalway.ie
Cited by 54294

Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

…, P Lichtenstein, EF Thelander, P Sullivan, DW Morris… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with a lifetime risk of about 1%, characterized by
hallucinations, delusions and cognitive deficits, with heritability estimated at up to 80% 1 , 2 . …

Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

…, DM Hougaard, KS Kendler, K Lin, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is an idiopathic mental disorder with a heritable component and a substantial
public health impact. We conducted a multi-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) …

Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

…, V Millischer, GW Montgomery, JL Moran, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide
association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European …

Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder

…, M Defelice, G Breen, M Gill, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
To identify susceptibility loci for bipolar disorder, we tested 1.8 million variants in 4,387 cases
and 6,209 controls and identified a region of strong association (rs10994336, P = 9.1 × 10 −…

Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

…, F Meng, L Milani, GW Montgomery, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder. We performed a genome-wide
association study (GWAS) including 20,352 cases and 31,358 controls of European descent, …

Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

…, HT Leung, AM Hartmann, HJ Möller, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
We carried out a genome-wide association study of schizophrenia (479 cases, 2,937 controls)
and tested loci with P < 10 −5 in up to 16,726 additional subjects. Of 12 loci followed up, 3 …

Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia

…, H Medeiros, L Milani, CP Morley, DW Morris… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Rare coding variation has historically provided the most direct connections between gene
function and disease pathogenesis. By meta-analysing the whole exomes of 24,248 …

[HTML][HTML] Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium

…, G Donohoe, S Kelly, C McDonald, DW Morris… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
The profile of brain structural abnormalities in schizophrenia is still not fully understood,
despite decades of research using brain scans. To validate a prospective meta-analysis …

Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

…, L Milani, V Milanova, Y Mokrab, DW Morris… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Copy number variants (CNVs) have been strongly implicated in the genetic etiology of
schizophrenia (SCZ). However, genome-wide investigation of the contribution of CNV to risk has …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

…, AJ Lundervold, AK Malhotra, I Melle, D Morris… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Intelligence is highly heritable 1 and a major determinant of human health and well-being 2
. Recent genome-wide meta-analyses have identified 24 genomic loci linked to variation in …