By Dr. Lindsay Farrer

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Jun G, Ibrahim-Verbaas CA, Vronskaya M, ….112 authors…., van Duijn CM Schellenberg GD, Farrer LA. A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein. Mol Psych 2016; 21:108-117. PMID: 25778476 [pubmed]

Wachman EM, Sherva R, Hayes MJ, Nielsen DA, Brown M, Davis JM, Farrer LA. Variations in opioid receptor genes in neonatal abstinence syndrome. Drug Alc Depend 2015; 155; 253:259. PMID: 26233486 [pubmed]

Zhdanova IV, Rogers J, González-Martínez J, Farrer LA. The ticking clock of Cayo Santiago macaques and its implications for understanding human circadian rhythm disorders. Am J Primatology 201; 78:117-126.  PMID:  25940511 [pubmed]

Logue MW, Schu M, Vardarajan BN, Farrell J, Bennett , Buxbaum JD, Byrd GS, Ertekin-Taner N, Evans D, Foroud T, Goate A, Graff-Radford NR, Kamboh I, Kukull WA, Manly JJ, Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium, Haines JL, Mayeux R, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Lunetta KL, Bald win CT, Fallin MD, Farrer LA. Two rare AKAP9 missense variants are associated with Alzheimer disease in African Americans. Alzheimers Dement 2014; 10:609-618. PMID: 25172201 [pubmed]

Gelernter J, Kranzler HR, Sherva R, Koesterer R, Sun J, Bi J, Almasy L, Zhao H, Farrer LA. Genomewide association study of opioid dependence and related traits: multiple associations mapped to calcium and potassium pathways.  Biol Psych 2014; 76:66-74. PMID: 24143882 [pubmed]

Gelernter J, Sherva R, Koesterer R, Zhao H, Kranzler HR, Farrer LA. Genomewide association study of cocaine dependence and related traits: FAM53B identified as a risk gene. Mol Psychiatry 2014; 19:717-723. PMID: 23958962  [pubmed]