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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Working memory (WM) is vital for cognition, with genetic links previously explored through genome-wide association studies.
  • Transcriptome data, reflecting gene function, offers a more direct insight into the genetic basis of WM than genomic data alone.
  • Integrating multimodal data (connectome, transcriptome, genome) is a promising avenue for discovering WM-related genes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the genetic mechanisms underlying working memory (WM) by integrating connectome, transcriptome, and genome data.
  • To identify novel genes associated with WM using a multimodal data integration approach.
  • To validate the findings using independent large-scale datasets.

Main Methods:

  • Defined WM-related brain regions using relevance vector regression.
  • Identified differentially expressed genes in these regions via the Allen Human Brain Atlas (AHBA).
  • Validated identified genes using the ABCD and UK Biobank datasets.

Main Results:

  • Identified 24 novel genes associated with working memory.
  • Confirmed 20 of these genes in large-scale independent datasets (ABCD and UK Biobank).
  • Found enrichment of these novel genes in the collagen-containing extracellular matrix and CCL18 signaling pathway.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method effectively integrates multimodal data for gene discovery related to working memory.
  • Transcriptome data offers superior insights into the genetic basis of WM compared to genomic data alone.
  • The identified novel genes and the multimodal approach warrant further investigation in cognitive neuroscience and genetics.