Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

…, S Moebus, P Mecocci, M Del Zompo, W Maier… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Eleven susceptibility loci for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) were identified by previous
studies; however, a large portion of the genetic risk for this disease remains unexplained. …

[PDF][PDF] Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part II: Schizophrenia

…, MJ Owen, DB Wildenauer, W Maier… - The American Journal of …, 2003 - cell.com
Schizophrenia is a common disorder with high heritability and a 10-fold increase in risk to
siblings of probands. Replication has been inconsistent for reports of significant genetic …

Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

…, S Mead, N Fox, M Rossor, J Collinge, W Maier… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We undertook a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
involving over 16,000 individuals, the most powerful AD GWAS to date. In stage 1 (3,941 …

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

…, DJ MacIntyre, DF MacKinnon, RM Maier, W Maier… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common illness accompanied by considerable
morbidity, mortality, costs, and heightened risk of suicide. We conducted a genome-wide …

Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease

…, S Mead, NC Fox, M Rossor, J Collinge, W Maier… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
We sought to identify new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease through a staged
association study (GERAD+) and by testing suggestive loci reported by the Alzheimer's Disease …

Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer's disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing

…, MP Frosch, H Thonberg, W Maier… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Risk for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), the most prevalent dementia, is partially
driven by genetics. To identify LOAD risk loci, we performed a large genome-wide association …

Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis

…, M De Leon, V Lisetti, A Lleó, K Madsen, W Maier… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cerebral amyloid-β aggregation is an early pathological event in Alzheimer
disease (AD), starting decades before dementia onset. Estimates of the prevalence of amyloid …

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

…, M Lundberg, DJ MacIntyre, SH Magnusson, W Maier… - 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 …

Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective

…, A Newen, S Herrmann, F Happé, P Falkai, W Maier… - Neuroimage, 2001 - Elsevier
Human self-consciousness as the metarepresentation of ones own mental states and the so-called
theory of mind (TOM) capacity, which requires the ability to model the mental states of …

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

…, A Maaser, DJ MacIntyre, PB Mahon, W Maier… - 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, …