Offspring of parents with severe mental illness are at increased risk of developing psychopathology. Identifying endophenotypic markers in high-familial-risk individuals can aid in early detection and inform development of prevention strategies. Using generalized additive mixed models, we compared age trajectories of gyrification index (GI) and sulcal morphometric measures (i.e., sulcal depth, length and width) between individuals at familial risk for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and controls. 300 T1-weighted MRI scans were obtained of 187 individuals (53 % female, age range: 8-23 years) at familial risk for bipolar disorder (n = 80, n families=55) or schizophrenia (n = 53, n families=36) and controls (n = 54, n families=33). 113 individuals underwent two scans. Globally, GI, sulcal depth and sulcal length decreased significantly with age, and sulcal width increased significantly with age in a (near-)linear manner. There were no differences between groups in age trajectories or mean values of gyrification or any of the sulcal measures. These findings suggest that, on average, young individuals at familial risk for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia have preserved developmental patterns of gyrification and sulcal morphometrics during childhood and adolescence.

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychology Erasmus University Medical Center Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychology Erasmus University Medical Center Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center Utrecht the Netherlands

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychology Erasmus University Medical Center Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam the Netherlands; Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

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