AUTHOR=Cederroth Christopher R. , Kähler Anna K. , Sullivan Patrick F. , Lopez-Escamez Jose A. 

TITLE=Genetics of Tinnitus: Time to Biobank Phantom Sounds

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Genetics

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2017.00110

DOI=10.3389/fgene.2017.00110

ISSN=1664-8021

ABSTRACT=<p>Tinnitus is a common phantom sensation resulting most often from sensory deprivation, and for which little knowledge on the molecular mechanisms exists. While the existing evidence for a genetic influence on the condition has been until now sparse and underpowered, recent data suggest that specific forms of tinnitus have a strong genetic component revealing that not all tinnitus percepts are alike, at least in how they are genetically driven. These new findings pave the way for a better understanding on how phantom sensations are molecularly driven and call for international biobanking efforts.</p>