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- Title
Using rare genetic mutations to revisit structural brain asymmetry.
- Authors
Kopal, Jakub; Kumar, Kuldeep; Shafighi, Kimia; Saltoun, Karin; Modenato, Claudia; Moreau, Clara A.; Huguet, Guillaume; Jean-Louis, Martineau; Martin, Charles-Olivier; Saci, Zohra; Younis, Nadine; Douard, Elise; Jizi, Khadije; Beauchamp-Chatel, Alexis; Kushan, Leila; Silva, Ana I.; van den Bree, Marianne B. M.; Linden, David E. J.; Owen, Michael J.; Hall, Jeremy
- Abstract
Asymmetry between the left and right hemisphere is a key feature of brain organization. Hemispheric functional specialization underlies some of the most advanced human-defining cognitive operations, such as articulated language, perspective taking, or rapid detection of facial cues. Yet, genetic investigations into brain asymmetry have mostly relied on common variants, which typically exert small effects on brain-related phenotypes. Here, we leverage rare genomic deletions and duplications to study how genetic alterations reverberate in human brain and behavior. We designed a pattern-learning approach to dissect the impact of eight high-effect-size copy number variations (CNVs) on brain asymmetry in a multi-site cohort of 552 CNV carriers and 290 non-carriers. Isolated multivariate brain asymmetry patterns spotlighted regions typically thought to subserve lateralized functions, including language, hearing, as well as visual, face and word recognition. Planum temporale asymmetry emerged as especially susceptible to deletions and duplications of specific gene sets. Targeted analysis of common variants through genome-wide association study (GWAS) consolidated partly diverging genetic influences on the right versus left planum temporale structure. In conclusion, our gene-brain-behavior data fusion highlights the consequences of genetically controlled brain lateralization on uniquely human cognitive capacities. Asymmetry is a key organising principle of the brain. Here the authors leveraged rare genetic mutations to revisit structural brain asymmetry showing the planum temporale is susceptible to deletions & duplications of specific gene sets.
- Subjects
BRAIN function localization; CEREBRAL dominance; GENETIC mutation; GENOME-wide association studies; MULTISENSOR data fusion; WORD recognition
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-024-46784-w