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66
Citations
19020
World Ranking
2594
National Ranking
87

Overview

Cathy L. Barr is affiliated with the University Health Network in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics related to Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Reading and Literacy Development, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Williams Syndrome Research, and Congenital Heart Defects research.

Recent publications by Cathy L. Barr include:

  • Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome-wide association study of word reading: Overlap with risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020, Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Synaptic processes and immune-related pathways implicated in Tourette syndrome, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Language Difficulties in School-Age Children With Developmental Dyslexia, 2021, Journal of Learning Disabilities

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barr include:

  • Karen Wigg
  • Sharon Guger
  • Elizabeth Kerr
  • Maureen W. Lovett
  • Daniëlle C. Cath

Publication venues where Barr has frequently published are:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Nature Genetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • A Compendium of Chromatin Contact Maps Reveals Spatially Active Regions in the Human Genome

    Anthony D. Schmitt;Ming Hu;Inkyung Jung;Zheng Xu

  • A hypervariable segment in the human dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene

    Jay B. Lichter;Cathy L. Barr;James L. Kennedy;Hubert H.M. Van Tol

  • Dopamine genes and ADHD.

    J. M. Swanson;J. M. Swanson;Pamela Flodman;James Kennedy;M. Anne Spence

  • Base-Resolution Analyses of Sequence and Parent-of-Origin Dependent DNA Methylation in the Mouse Genome

    Wei Xie;Cathy L. Barr;Audrey Kim;Feng Yue

  • Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies

    Dongmei Yu;Jae Hoon Sul;Fotis Tsetsos;Muhammad S Nawaz

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • Restraint and Cancellation: Multiple Inhibition Deficits in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Russell Schachar;Gordon D. Logan;Philippe Robaey;Shirley Chen

  • A compendium of promoter-centered long-range chromatin interactions in the human genome.

    Inkyung Jung;Anthony Schmitt;Anthony Schmitt;Yarui Diao;Yarui Diao;Andrew J Lee

  • Identification of DNA variants in the SNAP-25 gene and linkage study of these polymorphisms and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    C L Barr;Y Feng;K Wigg;S Bloom

  • Joint analysis of the DRD5 marker concludes association with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder confined to the predominantly inattentive and combined subtypes.

    Naomi Lowe;Aiveen Kirley;Ziarih Hawi;Pak Sham

  • Haplotype study of three polymorphisms at the dopamine transporter locus confirm linkage to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Cathy L Barr;Chun Xu;Jamie Kroft;Yu Feng

  • Genome-wide association study of Tourette's syndrome

    J. M. Scharf;J. M. Scharf;D. Yu;C. A. Mathews;B. M. Neale;B. M. Neale

  • The serotonin 5-HT1B receptor gene and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    J F Quist;C L Barr;C L Barr;R Schachar;W Roberts

  • Evidence for the serotonin HTR2A receptor gene as a susceptibility factor in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

    J F Quist;C L Barr;R Schachar;W Roberts

  • EGFR Mutation Promotes Glioblastoma through Epigenome and Transcription Factor Network Remodeling.

    Feng Liu;Gary C. Hon;Genaro R. Villa;Genaro R. Villa;Kristen M. Turner

  • Support for EKN1 as the susceptibility locus for dyslexia on 15q21.

    K G Wigg;J M Couto;Y Feng;B Anderson

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Russell Schachar
Russell Schachar University of Toronto
Maria Kovacs
Maria Kovacs University of Pittsburgh
Rosemary Tannock
Rosemary Tannock University of Toronto
Danielle C. Cath
Danielle C. Cath Utrecht University
Benjamin M. Neale
Benjamin M. Neale Harvard University
Nelson B. Freimer
Nelson B. Freimer University of California, Los Angeles
Wendy Roberts
Wendy Roberts University of Toronto
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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