Association between schizophrenia polygenic risk and neural correlates of emotion perception

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a highly debilitating and heritable mental illness, characterized by impairment in diverse abilities spanning perception, reasoning, and social cognition (de Jong et  al., 2013; Green et al., 2004). Evidence suggests that the SCZ-related impairment in these abilities may be due to the dynamic interplay between genes and brain (Martin et al., 2014; Roffman et al., 2006). Current estimates from twin and family studies put the heritability of SCZ at 81% (Wahlst rom et al., 1986), which has led to large collaborative efforts to identify genes able to explain this heritability.
Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research