Mendelian randomization

Published research on Mendelian randomization.

BrainJun 19, 2026

Post-Meal Glucose Genetics Linked to Lacunar Stroke Risk

A 2026 medRxiv genetic analysis linked type 2 diabetes and 2-hour postprandial glucose — the blood-sugar rise after an oral glucose challenge — to higher lacunar stroke risk, with a stronger…

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BrainJun 19, 2026

Autism Polygenic Scores Linked to Lower Neurite Density

A 2025 paper by Gu et al. in Molecular Psychiatry — the largest study of its kind — finds that higher common-variant genetic risk for autism predicts lower cortical neurite density in 31,748…

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BrainJun 19, 2026

Migraine Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Chinese MR

A 2026 study by Bai et al. in Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience uses Mendelian randomization (MR) — inherited genetic variants as a natural experiment to test causality — and concludes that…

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PsychiatryMay 1, 2026

Maternal Health and Autism Risk: Most Links Are Genetic, Not Prenatal

For two decades, headlines have linked autism to maternal obesity, depression, anxiety, gestational diabetes, infection, autoimmune disease, and antidepressant use. The studies behind those …

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