Endophenotypes in psychiatric disease: prospects and challenges

Genome Med. 2018 Feb 22;10(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13073-018-0526-5.

Abstract

Endophenotypes, quantitative neurobehavioral traits that index genetic susceptibility for a psychiatric disorder, have been examined in thousands of studies. Nevertheless, they have underexploited potential to provide etiological insights into prognosis, how psychopathology develops, the etiology of comorbidity, and the mechanisms of gene function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Endophenotypes*
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / pathology*