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Carol E. Franz is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their academic work primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications contributing to various subfields and topics within this domain.

The main subfields of study for this researcher include:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Physiology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Within these areas, their work covers several key topics, notably:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing

The researcher has contributed to multiple paper publications, some of which are recent and noted for their impact in high-profile venues. These include:

  • "Brain charts for the human lifespan," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan," 2022, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder," 2024, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults," 2020, published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • William S. Kremen
  • Jeremy A. Elman
  • Michael J. Lyons
  • Matthew S. Panizzon
  • Christine Fennema-Notestine

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes consist of:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Best Publications

  • Distinct Genetic Influences on Cortical Surface Area and Cortical Thickness

    Matthew S. Panizzon;Christine Fennema-Notestine;Lisa T. Eyler;Terry L. Jernigan

  • Influence of Patients’ Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Antidepressants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Richard L Kravitz;Ronald M. Epstein;Mitchell D. Feldman;Carol E. Franz

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • The family origins of empathic concern: a 26-year longitudinal study.

    Richard Koestner;Carol Franz;Joel Weinberger

  • Individuation and attachment in personality development: extending Erikson's theory

    Carol E Franz;Kathleen M White

  • Genome-wide analyses for personality traits identify six genomic loci and show correlations with psychiatric disorders

    Min-Tzu Lo;David A. Hinds;Joyce Y. Tung;Carol Franz

  • Hierarchical Genetic Organization of Human Cortical Surface Area

    Chi-Hua Chen;E. D. Gutierrez;Wes Thompson;Matthew S. Panizzon

  • Practice constraints, behavioral problems, and dementia care: primary care physicians' perspectives.

    W Ladson Hinton;Carol E. Franz;Geetha Reddy;Yvette Flores

  • Childhood antecedents of conventional social accomplishment in midlife adults: a 36-year prospective study

    Carol E. Franz;David C. McClelland;Joel Weinberger

  • Parent Expectations for Antibiotics, Physician-Parent Communication, and Satisfaction

    Rita Mangione-Smith;Elizabeth A. McGlynn;Marc N. Elliott;Laurie L. McDonald

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the size of specific brain regions in midlife: the VETSA MRI study.

    William S. Kremen;Elizabeth Prom-Wormley;Matthew S. Panizzon;Lisa T. Eyler;Lisa T. Eyler

  • Genetic topography of brain morphology

    Chi Hua Chen;Mark Fiecas;E. D. Gutiérrez;Matthew S. Panizzon

  • Methodological considerations: Steps in research employing content analysis systems.

    Charles P. Smith;Sheila C. Feld;Carol E. Franz

  • The Changing Self: Using Personal Documents to Study Lives

    Abigail J. Stewart;Carol Franz;Lynne Layton

  • Motivational and Other Sources of Work Accomplishments in Mid–Life: A Longitudinal Study

    David C. McClelland;Carol E. Franz

  • Conceptions of dementia in a multiethnic sample of family caregivers.

    W Ladson Hinton;Carol E. Franz;Gwen Yeo;Sue E. Levkoff

  • A Comparison of Heritability Maps of Cortical Surface Area and Thickness and the Influence of Adjustment for Whole Brain Measures: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Twin Study

    Lisa T. Eyler;Chi Hua Chen;Matthew S. Panizzon;Christine Fennema-Notestine

  • Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts.

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Reijo Sund;Yoshie Yokoyama

  • Influence of young adult cognitive ability and additional education on later-life cognition.

    William S. Kremen;William S. Kremen;Asad Beck;Asad Beck;Jeremy A. Elman;Daniel E. Gustavson

  • Women Creating Lives: Identities, Resilience, And Resistance

    Carol E. Franz;Abigail J. Stewart

  • Genes, Environment, and Time: The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA)

    William S. Kremen;Heather Thompson-Brenner;Yat Ming J Leung;Michael D. Grant

  • Pretrauma cognitive ability and risk for posttraumatic stress disorder: a twin study.

    William S. Kremen;Karestan C. Koenen;Corwin Boake;Shaun Purcell

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego
Michael J. Lyons
Michael J. Lyons Boston University
Matthew S. Panizzon
Matthew S. Panizzon University of California, San Diego
Hong Xian
Hong Xian Saint Louis University
Amy J. Jak
Amy J. Jak University of California, San Diego
Kristen C. Jacobson
Kristen C. Jacobson University of Chicago
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Eero Vuoksimaa
Eero Vuoksimaa University of Helsinki

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