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Overview

Emma Sprooten is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans a variety of interconnected domains including cognitive neuroscience, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work is prominently featured in several research topics, with notable focuses on:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Emma Sprooten's publication record includes papers in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience Applied

Recent and notable publications by Emma Sprooten include:

  • Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Shared genetic background between children and adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • The P-factor and its genomic and neural equivalents: an integrated perspective, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Exploring the Genetic Link Between Thyroid Dysfunction and Common Psychiatric Disorders: A Specific Hormonal or a General Autoimmune Comorbidity, 2022, Thyroid
  • Long genes are more frequently affected by somatic mutations and show reduced expression in Alzheimer's disease: Implications for disease etiology, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Barbara Franke
  • Christian F. Beckmann
  • Sourena Soheili-Nezhad
  • Jan K. Buitelaar
  • Nina Roth Mota

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder

    D. P. Hibar;L. T. Westlye;L. T. Westlye;T. G. M. van Erp;J. Rasmussen

  • Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group

    Neda Jahanshad;Peter V. Kochunov;Emma Sprooten;Emma Sprooten;René C. Mandl

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

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

  • Multivariate analysis reveals genetic associations of the resting default mode network in psychotic bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

    Shashwath A. Meda;Gualberto Ruaño;Andreas Windemuth;Kasey O’Neil

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Patterns of Gray Matter Abnormalities in Schizophrenia Based on an International Mega-analysis

    Cota Navin Gupta;Vince Daniel Calhoun;Vince Daniel Calhoun;Vince Daniel Calhoun;Srinivas Rachakonda;Jiayu Chen

  • Heritability of fractional anisotropy in human white matter: A comparison of Human Connectome Project and ENIGMA-DTI data

    Peter Kochunov;Neda Jahanshad;Daniel Marcus;Anderson Winkler

  • Addressing reverse inference in psychiatric neuroimaging: Meta-analyses of task-related brain activation in common mental disorders

    Emma Sprooten;Alexander Rasgon;Morgan Goodman;Ariella Carlin

  • Arguments for the sake of endophenotypes: Examining common misconceptions about the use of endophenotypes in psychiatric genetics

    David C. Glahn;Emma E.M. Knowles;D. Reese McKay;Emma Sprooten

  • White Matter Integrity in Individuals at High Genetic Risk of Bipolar Disorder

    Emma Sprooten;Jessika E. Sussmann;April Clugston;Anna Peel

  • Multi-site study of additive genetic effects on fractional anisotropy of cerebral white matter: Comparing meta and megaanalytical approaches for data pooling

    Peter Kochunov;Neda Jahanshad;Emma Sprooten;Thomas E. Nichols

  • Polygenic risk and white matter integrity in individuals at high risk of mood disorder

    Heather C. Whalley;Emma Sprooten;Emma Sprooten;Suzanna Hackett;Lynsey Hall

  • Impact of a microRNA MIR137 susceptibility variant on brain function in people at high genetic risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

    Heather C Whalley;Martina Papmeyer;Liana Romaniuk;Emma Sprooten

  • The influence of polygenic risk for bipolar disorder on neural activation assessed using fMRI.

    Heather Whalley;M Papmeyer;E Sprooten;Liana Romaniuk

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Peter T. Fox
Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Christian F. Beckmann
Christian F. Beckmann Radboud University
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Mark E. Bastin
Mark E. Bastin University of Edinburgh
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Anderson M. Winkler
Anderson M. Winkler National Institutes of Health

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