TY - JOUR T1 - Analysis of functional variants reveals new candidate genes associated with alexithymia. JF - Psychiatry Res Y1 - 2015 A1 - Mezzavilla, Massimo A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Bianca, Martina La A1 - Carlino, Davide A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Robino, Antonietta KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Affective Symptoms KW - Aged KW - Case-Control Studies KW - DNA-Binding Proteins KW - Emotions KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Membrane Proteins KW - Middle Aged KW - P-Glycoproteins KW - Personality Inventory KW - Phenotype KW - Tumor Suppressor Proteins KW - Young Adult AB -

In this study we explored the possible association between 36,915 functional variants and alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by the inability to identify and describe emotions and feelings. From our analysis, variants in the genes ABCB4, TP53AIP1, ARHGAP32 and TMEM88B were identified linked to the alexithymia phenotype.

VL - 227 IS - 2-3 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25882097?dopt=Abstract ER -