%0 Journal Article %J Psychiatry Res %D 2015 %T Analysis of functional variants reveals new candidate genes associated with alexithymia. %A Mezzavilla, Massimo %A Ulivi, Sheila %A Bianca, Martina La %A Carlino, Davide %A Gasparini, Paolo %A Robino, Antonietta %K Adolescent %K Adult %K Affective Symptoms %K Aged %K Case-Control Studies %K DNA-Binding Proteins %K Emotions %K Female %K Humans %K Male %K Membrane Proteins %K Middle Aged %K P-Glycoproteins %K Personality Inventory %K Phenotype %K Tumor Suppressor Proteins %K Young Adult %X

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.

%B Psychiatry Res %V 227 %P 363-5 %8 2015 Jun 30 %G eng %N 2-3 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25882097?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.03.018