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Clyde Francks

Clyde Francks

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
20991
World Ranking
7287
National Ranking
531

Overview

Clyde Francks is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Specific subfields that characterize their work include Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Morphological variations and asymmetry, as well as Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Among their recent scholarly publications are:

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Mapping brain asymmetry in health and disease through the ENIGMA consortium, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • The genetic architecture of structural left-right asymmetry of the human brain, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • 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

Frequent coauthors working alongside Clyde Francks include Simon E. Fisher, Dick Schijven, Zhiqiang Sha, Paul M. Thompson, and Jan K. Buitelaar.

Their work appears regularly in specific publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Human Brain Mapping, Molecular Psychiatry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • A full genome screen for autism with evidence for linkage to a region on chromosome 7q International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium

    Anthony Bailey;Amaia Hervas;Nicola Matthews;Sarah Palferman

  • Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

    Jason Z. Liu;Federica Tozzi;Dawn M. Waterworth;Sreekumar G. Pillai

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

    Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

  • A genome-wide investigation of SNPs and CNVs in schizophrenia

    Anna C. Need;Dongliang Ge;Michael E. Weale;Jessica Maia

  • α-5/α-3 nicotinic receptor subunit alleles increase risk for heavy smoking

    W. Berrettini;W. Berrettini;X. Yuan;F. Tozzi;K. Song

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia

    Clyde Francks;S. Maegawa;J. Laurén;B. S. Abrahams

  • A Genomewide Scan for Loci Involved in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Simon E. Fisher;Clyde Francks;James T. McCracken;James J. McGough

  • On the other hand: including left-handers in cognitive neuroscience and neurogenetics

    Roel M. Willems;Lise Van der Haegen;Simon E. Fisher;Clyde Francks

  • Independent genome-wide scans identify a chromosome 18 quantitative-trait locus influencing dyslexia.

    Simon E. Fisher;Clyde Francks;Angela J. Marlow;I. Laurence MacPhie

  • The chromosome 6p22 haplotype associated with dyslexia reduces the expression of KIAA0319, a novel gene involved in neuronal migration

    Silvia Paracchini;Ankur Thomas;Sandra Castro;Cecilia Lai

  • Genome-wide association and meta-analysis of bipolar disorder in individuals of European ancestry

    Laura J. Scott;Pierandrea Muglia;Pierandrea Muglia;Xiangyang Q. Kong;Weihua Guan

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Genetic linkage of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on chromosome 16p13, in a region implicated in autism

    Susan L. Smalley;Vlad Kustanovich;Sonia L. Minassian;Jennifer L. Stone

  • A 77-kilobase region of chromosome 6p22.2 is associated with dyslexia in families from the United Kingdom and from the United States

    Clyde Francks;Silvia Paracchini;Shelley D. Smith;Alex J. Richardson

  • Genome-wide association study of recurrent major depressive disorder in two European case–control cohorts

    P. Muglia;F. Tozzi;N. W. Galwey;Clyde Francks;Clyde Francks

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Martine Hoogman
Martine Hoogman Radboud University
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
Marcel P. Zwiers
Marcel P. Zwiers Radboud University

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