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Chunk #22 — How can genetics inform neurobiology?

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The psychiatric GWAS consortium: big science comes to psychiatry.
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The fundamental goal of the PGC is to derive “maps” of the genetic architecture for the major psychiatric disorders, ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. What does this mean for neuroscientists working on understanding the mechanisms of these disorders? Or to clinicians and patients looking for therapies or at least a better understanding of these disorders and their causes?