Using whole-exome sequencing, researchers identified genetic variants linked to synesthesia, a rare neurological phenomenon connecting different sensory experiences, in three multigenerational families with auditory-visual synesthesia, including variants occurring within six genes related to the development of neural connections and expressed throughout auditory and visual cortex development, findings with implications for unraveling the neurobiology of sensory experience, according to the authors.
Article #17-15492: "Rare variants in axonogenesis genes connect three families with sound-color synesthesia," by Amanda Tilot et al.
MEDIA CONTACT: Simon Fisher, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS; tel: +31-24-3521441,+31-6-22036712; e-mail: <simon.fisher@mpi.nl>; Amanda Tilot, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS; tel: +31 24 35 21943, +31 06 31 785223; e-mail: <amanda.tilot@mpi.nl>
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