About the Authors

Nirmala Akula

akulan@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Mood and Anxiety Section, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ancha Baranova

Affiliations School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America, Research Center for Medical Genetics, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation

Donald Seto

Affiliation School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Jeffrey Solka

Affiliation School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Michael A. Nalls

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew Singleton

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Luigi Ferrucci

Affiliation Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Toshiko Tanaka

Affiliation Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stefania Bandinelli

Affiliation Geriatric Unit, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Florence, Italy

Yoon Shin Cho

Affiliation Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea

Young Jin Kim

Affiliation Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea

Jong-Young Lee

Affiliation Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea

Bok-Ghee Han

Affiliation Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea

Bipolar Disorder Genome Study (BiGS) Consortium

The member institutions of the Bipolar Disorder Genome Study (BiGS) Consortium are listed in the Acknowledgments.

The Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium
Francis J. McMahon

Affiliation Mood and Anxiety Section, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA FJM. Analyzed the data: NA FJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAN AS LF TT SB YSC YJK JYL BGH BiGS Consortium. Edited the manuscript: AB DS JS FJM. Wrote the manuscript: NA.