Alexithymia in healthy women: a brain morphology study

Borsci, Genoveffa; Boccardi, Marina; Rossi, Roberta; Rossi, Giuseppe; Perez, Jorge; Bonetti, Matteo; Frisoni, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.013

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Alexithymia in healthy women: a brain morphology study

ContributorsBorsci, Genoveffa; Boccardi, Marina; Rossi, Roberta; Rossi, Giuseppe; Perez, Jorge; Bonetti, Matteo; Frisoni, Giovanni

Published inJournal of Affective Disorders, vol. 114, no. 1-3, p. 208-215

Publication date2009

Abstract

Alexithymia relates to difficulty recognizing and describing own feelings. Recent literature shows that specific structures process emotions. Aim of this study was to investigate whether alexithymia is associated with a specific cerebral morphology of candidate structures in healthy adults.

Keywords

Adult
Affective Symptoms/diagnosis/pathology
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Brain/pathology
Emotions
Female
Frontal Lobe/pathology
Functional Laterality
Gyrus Cinguli/pathology
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Temporal Lobe/pathology

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BORSCI, Genoveffa et al. Alexithymia in healthy women: a brain morphology study. In: Journal of Affective Disorders, 2009, vol. 114, n° 1-3, p. 208–215. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.013

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PID : unige:114070
DOI : 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.013
PMID : 18718670

Journal ISSN0165-0327

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Alexithymia in healthy women: a brain morphology study

Alexithymia relates to difficulty recognizing and describing own feelings. Recent literature shows that specific structures process emotions. Aim of this study was to investigate whether alexithymia is associated with a specific cerebral morphology of candidate structures in healthy adults.

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