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Study Description

The goal of the project is to identify genes that make individuals more susceptible to bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) and to better understand the brain pathways involved in the disease.

Dataset versioning

  • Version 1: European-American (EA) ancestry only
  • Version 2: Version 1 plus African-American (AA) ancestry
  • Version 3: EA and AA samples plus updated diagnostic criteria

Consent groups and participant set

  • General research use (GRU): 1767 controls (1081 EA controls, 686 AA controls)
    This consent group includes all controls for the Bipolar study, which are a subset of controls for the Schizophrenia study (subset of Schizophrenia: GRU).
  • Bipolar and related disorders (BARD): 841 cases (691 EA cases, 150 AA cases)
    This consent group includes a subset of the Bipolar cases.
  • Bipolar disorder only (BDO): 653 cases (388 EA cases, 265 AA cases)
    This consent group includes a subset of the Bipolar cases.

Authorized Access
Publicly Available Data
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Molecular Data
TypeSourcePlatformNumber of Oligos/SNPsSNP Batch IdComment
Whole Genome Genotyping Affymetrix AFFY_6.0 934940 52074
Selected Publications
Diseases/Traits Related to Study (MeSH terms)
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Study Attribution
  • Lead Principal Investigator
    • John R. Kelsoe. University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Co-Principal Investigator
    • John Nurnberger. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Institutions
    • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
    • University of Chicago, IL, USA.
    • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
    • University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
    • Translational Genomics Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
    • NIMH Intramural Program, Bethesda, MD, USA.
    • Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
    • Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.