Very recently, an association has been identified between the intergenic SNP rs2044081 in GABRB1 and AD in a large (611 cases, 646 controls), well characterized British/Irish population (Odds Ratio 4.2 (95% Confidence Intervals 1.5–11.5) Pcorrected 3.31 × 102; McCabe et al., 2017). Here, GABRB1 is linked to Alzheimer disease.