Syllabus

Suggested readings spring 2017

Here you can find some suggested readings related to ¡°genetics of cognitive neuroscience¡±. Some of them will be discussed in lectures and some you can choose to present on seminars. None of them are obligatory, and you can use any other relevant resources.

Books:

Gazzaniga, Ivry, & Mangun (2014). Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind. 4^th edition.

Particularly chapters on visual perception, attention, and cognitive Control. Chapters 2, 7-10, 12 (~300 pages).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cognitive-Neuroscience-Biology-Michael-Gazzaniga/dp/0393922286/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392310246&sr=1-1&keywords=gazzaniga

Plomin, Defries, Knopik, & Neiderhiser (2013). Behavioral Genetics. 6^th Edition.

Particularly chapters 1-14, 20, and Appendix on statistical methods in behavioral genetics.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behavioral-Genetics-Robert-Plomin/dp/1429242159/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392311506&sr=1-2&keywords=plomin

Articles (can be found online via the library):

1. Andreassen, O.A, Thompson, W.K, Dale, A.M. (2014). Boosting the power of schizophrenia genetics by leveraging new statistical tools. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 40, 13-17.
2. Aston-Jones, G, & Cohen, J.D. (2005). An integrative theory of locus coeruleus-norepinephrine function: adaptive gain and optimal performance. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 28, 403-450.
3. Bundesen, C., Habekost, T., Kyllingsb?k, S. (2011). A neural theory of visual attention and short-term memory (NTVA). Neuropsychologia, 49, 1446¨C1457.
4. Christoforou, A.*, Espeseth, T.*, Davies, G., Fernandes, C. P. D., Tenesa, A., Giddaluru, S., et al. (2014). GWAS-based pathway analysis differentiates between fluid and crystallized intelligence. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 13, 663-674. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12152
5. de Geus, E.J., Wright, M.J., Martin, N.G. & Boomsma, D.I. Genetics of brain function and cognition. Behav. Genet. 31, 489¨C495.
6. Dincheva I, Glatt CE, Lee FS. Impact of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on cognition: Implications for behavioral genetics. Neuroscientist. 2012; 18(5):439¨C451. doi:10.1177/1073858411431646.
7. Donohoe G, Deary IJ, Glahn DC, Malhotra AK, Burdick KE. (2012). Neurocognitive phenomics: examining the genetic basis of cognitive abilities. Psychol Med; 43: 2027¨C2036.
8. E.E. Eichler, J. Flint, G. Gibson, A. Kong, S.M. Leal, J.H. Moore, J.H. Nadeau. (2010). Missing heritability and strategies for finding the underlying causes of complex disease.Nat. Rev. Genet., 11, 446¨C450
9. Espeseth, T., Sneve, M. H., Rootwelt, H., & Laeng, B. (2010). Nicotinic receptor gene CHRNA4 interacts with processing load in attention. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e14407. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014407.
10. Fernandes, C. P. D., Christoforou, A., Giddaluru, S., Ersland, K., Djurovic, S., Lundervold, A. J., et al. (2013). A genetic deconstruction of neurocognitive traits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e81052. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081052
11. Flint J. The genetic basis of cognition. Brain 1999; 122: 2015¨C2032.
12. Hill WD, Davies G, van de Lagemaat LN, Christoforou A, Marioni RE, Fernandes CPD et al. Human cognitive ability is influenced by genetic variation in components of postsynaptic signalling complexes assembled by NMDA receptors and MAGUK proteins. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4: e341.
13. Kandel, E.R. (1998). A new intellectual framework for psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155 (4), 457-469.
14. Kandel, E.R. (2001). The molecular biology of memory storage. Science, 294 (5544), 1030-1038.
15. Le Hellard, S. & Steen, V.M. (2014). Genetic architecture of cognitive traits. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 55, 255-262.
16. Lu B, Nagappan G, Lu Y. BDNF and synaptic plasticity, cognitive function, and dysfunction. Handb Exp Pharmacol (2014) 220:223-50
17. Maher, B. (2008). Personal genomes: The case of the missing heritability. Nature, 456(7218), 18-21.
18. Plomin, R., & DeFries, J. C. (1998, May). Genetics of cognitive abilities and disabilities. Scientific American, 62¨C69.
19. Plomin, R. (1999). Genetics and general cognitive ability. Nature, 402, 25-29.
20. Ripke S, et al. Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia. Nature Genetics. 2013; 45:1150¨C9.
21. Ramus F. 2006. Genes, brain, and cognition: a roadmap for the cognitive scientist. Cognition 101:247¨C69.
22. Shepherd J. D., Bear M. F. (2011). New views of Arc, a master regulator of synaptic plasticity. Nat. Neurosci. 14 279¨C284.
23. Slatkin, M. (2009). Epigenetic inheritance and the missing heritability problem. Genetics 182, 845¨C850.
24. Sweatt, J.D. (2009). Experience-dependent epigenetic modifications in the central nervous system. Biological Psychiatry, 65, 191-197.
25. Tucker-Drob, E. M., Briley, D. A., & Harden, K. P. (2013). Genetic and environmental influences on cognition across development and context. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 349¨C355.
26. Walhovd, K. B., Fjell, A. M., & Espeseth, T. (2014). Cognitive decline and brain pathology in aging ¨C need for a dimensional, lifespan and systems vulnerability view. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 55, 244-254. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12120
27. Wray NR, Lee SH, Mehta D, Vinkhuyzen AAE, Dudbridge F, Middeldorp CM. (2014). Polygenic methods and their application to psychiatric disorders and related traits. J Child Psychol Psychiatry advance online publication, 1 August 2014; doi:10.1111/jcpp.12295 (e-pub ahead of print).

D.        Online resources

From Allan Jones (allen Atlas)

http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain.html

Well illustrated tutorials about basic concepts of genetics

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/

From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_variation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_genetics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_expression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_gene_expression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics