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White matter disruption as a cause or consequence of schizophrenia: A Mendelian randomization study

Jefsen, O. H.; Speed, M. S.; Friston, K. J.; Ostergaard, S. D.; Speed, D.

2021-08-26 psychiatry and clinical psychology
10.1101/2021.08.23.21262451 medRxiv
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Brief abstractSchizophrenia is hypothesized to be caused by impaired functional integration in the brain, and this could hypothetically be caused by white matter disruptions, synaptic dysfunction, or both. Neuroimaging studies consistently show reduced fractional anisotropy, a measure of white matter integrity, in patients with schizophrenia. Using Mendelian randomization, we show that these white matter changes are likely to be the consequence of a primary synaptopathy in schizophrenia.

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