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Background: Schizotypy (ST) and psychotic-like experiences and negative symptoms (PENS) are commonly used phenotypes in high-risk and early intervention research for schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses. However, the origin of these phenotypes in the general population is poorly understood and their association with the genetic predisposition to psychoses has not yet been proven.
Aim: The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether data on the relations of ST and PENS with polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia (SZ-PRS) support the hypothesis that these phenotypes are subclinical manifestations of genetic liability for schizophrenia.
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Department of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 45 Francis St, ASB II-3, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Beijing Anzhen Hospital of Capital Medical University & Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, China.
While observational studies have identified associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngeal cancer (LC), the causal direction remains undetermined. This study employed a bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach complemented by meta-analysis to investigate potential causal relationships between GERD and LC. Analysis leveraged publicly accessible genome-wide association study resources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Azapirone-class drugs are partial 5-HT1A receptor agonists commonly used to treat anxiety disorders. Prior experimental studies have so far demonstrated that these drugs have low potential for dependence and problematic use and are considered safe treatment options compared with benzodiazepines. However, recent evidence suggesting the contrary raises concerns about their safety.
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August 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine.
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) may arise from genetic and environmental risk leading to worsening cognitive and morphometry metrics over time, which in turn lead to worsening PLEs. Analyses used three waves of unique longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study data (ages 9-13) to test whether changes in cognition and global morphometry metrics attenuate associations between genetic and environmental risk with persistent distressing PLEs. Multigroup univariate latent growth models examined three waves of cognitive metrics and global morphometry separately for three PLE groups: persistent distressing PLEs (n=356), transient distressing PLEs (n=408), and low-level PLEs (n=7901).
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