This course will introduce the
fundamentals of “Imaging Genetics,” the process of modeling and understanding
how genetic variation influences the structure and function of the human brain
as measured through brain imaging. The course begins with a lecture on the
fundamentals of genetics, including the types of variation observed in the
human, the mechanism by which that variation develops, and understanding how to
relate genetic variation to a measured phenotype. We will then delve more into
applications of genetics to neuroimaging phenotypes with an overview of imaging
phenotypes. We will provide the student with modern tools to perform
associations to both common and rare variation, conduct imputation and
meta-analysis, and interpret significant findings. Overall this
course will provide the neuroimager who is not familiar with genetics techniques both theoretical and practical understanding of the genetics field when exploring neuroimaging phenotypes.
course will provide the neuroimager who is not familiar with genetics techniques both theoretical and practical understanding of the genetics field when exploring neuroimaging phenotypes.