Genetic contributions to alexithymia

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 633-

  Taylor, Graeme J ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 80052496411     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31822ed5ba     Document Type: Letter

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