Produzione scientifica del RNG del periodo: 2002 – 2025

2025

• Psychological distress and its impact on the onset of lasting neurological symptoms during the pandemic: evidence from the Italian Twin Registry.  Vaianella L, Nisticò L, Giacomini G, Gigantesco A, Medda E. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2025;61(2):125-131.
• Assessment of Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment Accounting for Genetic and Environmental Influences: An Italian Population-Based Twin Study. Medda E, Vanacore N, Canevelli M, Sciancalepore F, Fabrizi E, Locuratolo N, Nuti F, Fagnani C. Brain Sci. 2025 Nov 7;15(11):1197. doi: 10.3390/brainsci15111197.PMID: 41300204; PMCID: PMC12650674.

2024

• Exploring the comorbidity between internalizing/externalizing dimensions and cognitive disengagement syndrome through twin studies: a narrative review. De Francesco S, Amico C, De Giuli G, Giani L, Fagnani C, Medda E, Scaini S.  Journal of translational genetics and genomics. 2024;8:102-18.
• Exploring the effects of family and life events on genetic and environmental architecture of schizotypal and hypomanic dimensions: insights from a twin study. Colli C, Garzitto M, Bonivento C, Delvecchio G, Maggioni E, Fagnani C, Medda E, Mauri M, Nobile M, Brambilla P.  Journal of affective disorders. 2024;362:375-383.
• Esposizioni precoci e salute futura: il ruolo della life course epidemiology e le coorti di nuovi nati. Brescianini S, Nisticò L, Medda E, Piccolipiù Working Group, Gruppo di lavoro del Registro nazionale gemelli.  Notiziario dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2024;37(2):3-7.
• Esposizione a spazi verdi e salute mentale: il caso di una coorte di gemelli italiani durante la pandemia di COVID-19. Borgi M, Cirulli F, Medda E. Notiziario dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2024;37(5):7-11Heritability of white matter in twins: a diffusion neuroimaging review. Videtta G, Colli C, Squarcina L, Fagnani C, Medda E, Brambilla P, Delvecchio G.  Physics of life reviews. 2024;50:126-136.
• Il Registro Nazionale Gemelli: una risorsa preziosa per la ricerca in Sanità Pubblica - The Italian Twin Register: A valuable resource for Public Health Research. Fagnani C, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Brescianini S, Salemi M, D'Ippolito C, Ferri M, Cascavilla I, Del Re D, Alviti S, Gigantesco A, Medda E.  Bollettino epidemiologico nazionale.
• Investigating the impact of L1 retrotransposons on behavior: a pilot study on young twins.  [letter] Maggioni E, Colli C, Bizzotto C, Finautini S, Fagnani C, Medda E, Bonivento C, Riosi E, Mauri M, Nobile M, Brambilla P.  Schizophrenia research 2024;271:353-354.
• Heritability of white matter in twins: a diffusion neuroimaging review. Videtta G, Colli C, Squarcina L, Fagnani C, Medda E, Brambilla P, Delvecchio G. Physics of Life Reviews. 2024;50:126-136.

2023

• Connecting psychosocial and personality characteristics with mental health outcomes. An Italian co-twin control study. Fagnani C, Gigantesco A, Giacomini G, Medda E. Prev Med Rep. 2023;37: 102559. Published 2023 Dec 14. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102559. 
• Investigating Genetic and Environmental Substrates of the Relationship between Positive Mental Health and Biological Aging-A Study Protocol. Marcon F, Salemi M, D'Ippolito C, Picardi A, Toccaceli V, Nisticò L, Alviti S, Siniscalchi E, Salani F, Varalda GM, Medda E, Fagnani C. Brain Sci. 2023 Dec 15;13(12):1720. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13121720.
• Environmental effects on brain functional networks in a juvenile twin population. Tassi E, Maggioni E, Mauri M, Fagnani C, Agarwal N, Bianchi AM, Stazi MA, Nobile M, Brambilla P. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 9;13(1):3921. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30672-2.
• Reduction in the use of green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health. Borgi M, Collacchi B, Cirulli F, Medda E. Health Place. 2023 Sep;83:103093. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103093. 
• A Twin Study of the Relationships between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Anxiety Phenotypes in Childhood and Adolescence. Scaini S, Medda E, Battaglia M, De Giuli G, Stazi MA, D'Ippolito C, Fagnani C. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2023 Jul;51(7):949-960. doi: 10.1007/s10802-023-01029-0. 
• Stability and change in genetic and environmental influences on depressive symptoms in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Picardi A, Fagnani C, Gigantesco A, Toccaceli V, Stazi MA, Medda E. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 13;14:954737. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.954737. eCollection 2023.
• Age-Related Variations of Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Covariation of Fear, Distress and Externalizing Symptoms: A Twin Study in Childhood and Adolescence De Francesco S, Scaini S, Alessandri G, Medda E, Camoni L, Stazi MA, Fagnani C.. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Jan 25. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01498-w.
• Il Registro Nazionale Gemelli: una risorsa per la ricerca in sanità pubblica. Medda E, Alviti S, Brescianini S, Cascavilla I, Del Re D, D'Ippolito C, Fagnani C, Ferri M, Gigantesco A, Salemi M, Toccaceli V, Venerosi A. Notiziario dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità. 2023;36(12):6-10.

2022

• An Italian Twin Study of Non-Cancer Chronic Pain as a Wide Phenotype and Its Intensity. Fagnani C, Toccaceli V, Tenti M, Medda E, Ferri M, Stazi MA, Raffaeli W. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Oct 26;58(11):1522. doi: 10.3390/medicina58111522.
• Smoking remains associated with education after controlling for social background and genetic factors in a study of 18 twin cohorts. Silventoinen K, Piirtola M, Jelenkovic A, Sund R, Tarnoki AD, Tarnoki DL, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Honda C, Inui F, Tomizawa R et al. Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 31;12(1):13148. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17536-x.
• Association of Assisted Reproductive Technology With Offspring Growth and Adiposity From Infancy to Early Adulthood. Elhakeem A, Taylor AE, Inskip HM, Huang J, Tafflet M, Vinther JL, Asta F, Erkamp JS, Gagliardi L, Guerlich K, Halliday J, Harskamp-van Ginkel MW, He JR, Jaddoe VWV, Lewis S, Maher GM, Manios Y, Mansell T, McCarthy FP, McDonald SW, Medda E, Nisticò L, de Moira AP, Popovic M, Reiss IKM, Rodrigues C, Salika T, Smith A, Stazi MA, Walker C, Wu M, Åsvold BO, Barros H, Brescianini S, Burgner D, Chan JKY, Charles MA, Eriksson JG, Gaillard R, Grote V, Håberg SE, Heude B, Koletzko B, Morton S, Moschonis G, Murray D, O'Mahony D, Porta D, Qiu X, Richiardi L, Rusconi F, Saffery R, Tough SC, Vrijkotte TGM, Nelson SM, Nybo Andersen AM, Magnus MC, Lawlor DA; Assisted Reproductive Technology and Future Health (ART-Health) Cohort Collaboration. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2222106. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22106. 
• Development and Validation of the Italian "Brief Five-Item Chronic Pain Questionnaire" for Epidemiological Studies. Toccaceli V, Tenti M, Stazi MA, Fagnani C, Medda E, Gargiulo L, Burgio A, Sampaolo L, Ferri M, Raffaeli W. J Pain Res. 2022 Jul 8;15:1897-1913. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S362510. PMID: 35837542.
• Genetic and environmental contributions to psychopathological symptoms stability and change across the COVID-19 pandemic. Gigantesco A, Fagnani C, Picardi A, Stazi MA, Medda E. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Aug; 314:114678. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114678. 
• Adolescent pain, anxiety, and depressive problems: a twin study of their co-occurrence and the relationship to substance use. Scaini S, Michelini G, De Francesco S, Fagnani C, Medda E, Stazi MA, Battaglia M. Pain. 2022 Mar 1;163(3):e488-e494. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002400.
• The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Depressive symptoms immediately before and after the first lockdown. Medda E, Toccaceli V, Gigantesco A, Picardi A, Fagnani C, Stazi MA. J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 1;298(Pt A):202-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.129. 
• A multi-marker integrative analysis reveals benefits and risks of bariatric surgery. Palleschi S, Guglielmi V, Nisticò L, Ferreri C, Tabolacci C, Facchiano F, Iorio E, Giuliani A, Brescianini S, Medda E, Fagnani C, Rossi B, Minoprio A, Chirico M, Pisanu ME, Di Nolfo F, Fortini P, Simonelli V, Baccarini S, Laterza S, Morretti T, Dell'Orso A, Manganello F, Gentileschi P, Sbraccia P, Dogliotti E. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1):18877.
• Heritability and environmental influences on the onset of aortic valve sclerosis: a twin population study [abstract]. Poggio P, Myasoedova V, Ravani A, Frigerio B, Gripari P, Mantegazza, Valerio V, Moschetta D, Massaiu I, D'Ippolito C, Baldassarre D, Tamborini G, Medda E. European Heart Journal. 2022;43(2 Suppl):1534.

2021

• Genetic and Environmental Architecture of Five Factor Model and Super-Factors: An Italian Twin Study. Gigantesco A, Fagnani C, Alessandri G, Carluccio E, Stazi MA, Medda E. Span J Psychol. 2021 Dec 27;25:e2. doi: 10.1017/SJP.2021.48.
• Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. Silventoinen K, Bogl LH, Jelenkovic A, Vuoksimaa E, Latvala A, Li W, Tan Q, Zhang D, Pang Z, Ordoñana JR, Sánchez-Romera JF, Colodro-Conde L, Willemsen G, Bartels M, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Rebato E, Corley RP, Huibregtse BM, Hopper JL, Tyler J, Duncan GE, Buchwald D, Silberg JL, Maes HH, Kandler C, Cozen W, Hwang AE, Mack TM, Nelson TL, Whitfield KE, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Krueger RF, McGue M, et al. Horm Behav. 2021 Nov;136:105054. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105054. 
• DNA Methylation Signature in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Psoriatic Disease. Vecellio M, Paraboschi EM, Ceribelli A, Isailovic N, Motta F, Cardamone G, Robusto M, Asselta R, Brescianini S, Sacrini F, Costanzo A, De Santis M, Stazi MA, Duga S, Selmi C. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Nov 24;9:778677. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.778677. eCollection 2021.
• [The covid-19 pandemic in Italy: the impact on social life and mental health]. Medda E, Gigantesco A, Picardi A, Carluccio E, D'Ippolito C, Ferri M, Brescianini S, Toccaceli V, Stazi MA. Riv Psichiatr. 2021 Jul-Aug;56(4):182-188. doi: 10.1708/3654.36345.
• The role of genetic and environmental factors in covariation between anxiety and anger in childhood. Scaini S, Centorame G, Lissandrello F, Sardella S, Stazi MA, Fagnani C, Brombin C, Battaglia M. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Apr;30(4):607-617. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01543-2. 
• Genetic and environmental factors on heart rate, mean arterial pressure and carotid intima-media thickness: A longitudinal twin study.  Tarnoki AD, Szalontai L, Fagnani C, Tarnoki DL, Lucatelli P, Maurovich-Horvat P, Jermendy AL, Kovacs A, Molnar AA, Godor E, Fejer B, Hernyes A, Cirelli C, Fanelli F, Farina F, Baracchini C, Meneghetti G, Gyarmathy AV, Jermendy G, Merkely B, Pucci G, Schillaci G, Stazi MA, Medda E. Cardiol J. 2021;28(3):431-438. doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2019.0089. 

2020

• Association between personality profile and subclinical atherosclerosis: The role of genes and environment. Medda E, Fagnani C, Alessandri G, Baracchini C, Hernyes A, Lucatelli P, Pucci G, Tarnoki AD, Tarnoki DL, Stazi MA. Int J Cardiol. 2020 Oct 1;316:236-239. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.05.034. 
• Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts. Silventoinen K, Jelenkovic A, Sund R, Latvala A, Honda C, Inui F, Tomizawa R, Watanabe M, Sakai N, Rebato E, Busjahn A, Tyler J, Hopper JL, Ordoñana JR, Sánchez-Romera JF, Colodro-Conde L, Calais-Ferreira L, Oliveira VC, Ferreira PH, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Derom CA, Vlietinck RF, Loos RJF, Siribaddana SH, Hotopf M, Sumathipala A, Rijsdijk F, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 29;10(1):12681. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69526-6.
• The genetic and environmental origins of emotional and cognitive empathy: Review and meta-analyses of twin studies. Abramson L, Uzefovsky F, Toccaceli V, Knafo-Noam A. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Jul;114:113-133. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.03.023. 
• Genetic and environmental influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education.  Jelenkovic A, Sund R, Yokoyama Y, Latvala A, Sugawara M, Tanaka M, Matsumoto S, Freitas DL, Maia JA, Knafo-Noam A, Mankuta D, Abramson L, Ji F, Ning F, Pang Z, Rebato E, Saudino KJ, Cutler TL, Hopper JL, Ullemar V, Almqvist C, Magnusson PKE, Cozen W, Hwang AE, Mack TM, Nelson TL, Whitfield KE, Sung J, Kim J, Lee J, Lee S, Llewellyn CH, Fisher A, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Baker LA, Tuvblad C, Corley RP, Huibregtse BM, Derom CA, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 May 14;10(1):7974. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64883-8.
• The twin model: A silent success story in brain, cognition and behaviour research. Fagnani C, Stazi MA. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 May; 112:361-362. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.018. 

2019

• Influence of residential land cover on childhood allergic and respiratory symptoms and diseases: Evidence from 9 European cohorts. Parmes E, Pesce G, Sabel CE, Baldacci S, Bono R, Brescianini S, D’Ippolito C, Hanke W, Horvat M, Liedes H, Maio S, Marchetti P, Marcon A, Medda E, Molinier M, Panunzi S, Pärkkä J, Polańska K, Prud’homme J, Ricci P, Snoj Tratnik J, Squillacioti G, Stazi MA, Maesano CN, Annesi-Maesano I. Environ Res. 2020 Apr;183:108953. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108953. 
• The nature and nurture of ADHD and its comorbidities: A narrative review on twin studies.  Tistarelli N, Fagnani C, Troianiello M, Stazi MA, Adriani W. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Feb;109:63-77. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.12.017. 
• The Italian Twin Registry: An Update at 18 Years From Its Inception. Medda E, Toccaceli V, Fagnani C, Nisticò L, Brescianini S, Salemi M, Ferri M, D'Ippolito C, Alviti S, Arnofi A, Stazi MA. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2019 Dec;22(6):572-578. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.75. 
• The CODATwins Project: The Current Status and Recent Findings of COllaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins.  Silventoinen K, Jelenkovic A, Yokoyama Y, Sund R, Sugawara M, Tanaka M, Matsumoto S, Bogl LH, Freitas DL, Maia JA, Hjelmborg JVB, Aaltonen S, Piirtola M, Latvala A, Calais-Ferreira L, Oliveira VC, Ferreira PH, Ji F, Ning F, Pang Z, Ordoñana JR, Sánchez-Romera JF, Colodro-Conde L, Burt SA, Klump KL, Martin NG, Medland SE, Montgomery GW, Kandler C, McAdams TA, Eley TC, Gregory AM, Saudino KJ, Dubois L, Boivin M, Brendgen M, Dionne G, Vitaro F, Tarnoki AD, Tarnoki DL, Haworth CMA, Plomin R, Öncel SY, Aliev F, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Craig JM, Saffery R, Siribaddana SH, Hotopf M, Sumathipala A, Rijsdijk F, Jeong HU, Spector T, Mangino M, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2019 Dec;22(6):800-808. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.35. 
• Adolescents self-reported sleep quality and emotional regulation: a discordant twin study.  Medda E, Alessandri G, Delfino D, Fagnani C, Ferri M, Violani C, Stazi MA. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2019 Apr-Jun;55(2):118-123. doi: 10.4415/ANN_19_02_03.
• Lifelong exposure to multiple stressors through different environmental pathways for European populations. Li N, Friedrich R, Maesano CN, Medda E, Brescianini S, Stazi MA, Sabel CE, Sarigiannis D, Annesi-Maesano I. Environ Res. 2019 Dec;179(Pt A):108744. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108744. 
• Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism: what can we learn from discordant twins? Medda E, Vigone MC, Cassio A, Calaciura F, Costa P, Weber G, de Filippis T, Gelmini G, Di Frenna M, Caiulo S, Ortolano R, Rotondi D, Bartolucci M, Gelsomino R, De Angelis S, Gabbianelli M, Persani L, Olivieri A. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Dec 1;104(12):5765-5779. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-00900.
• The Relationship Between Satisfaction With Life and Depression Symptoms by Gender. Gigantesco A, Fagnani C, Toccaceli V, Stazi MA, Lucidi F, Violani C, Picardi A. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 14;10:419. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00419. eCollection 2019.
• Parental Education and Genetics of BMI from Infancy to Old Age: A Pooled Analysis of 29 Twin Cohorts. Silventoinen K, Jelenkovic A, Latvala A, Yokoyama Y, Sund R, Sugawara M, Tanaka M, Matsumoto S, Aaltonen S, Piirtola M, Freitas DL, Maia JA, Öncel SY, Aliev F, Ji F, Ning F, Pang Z, Rebato E, Saudino KJ, Cutler TL, Hopper JL, Ullemar V, Almqvist C, Magnusson PKE, Cozen W, Hwang AE, Mack TM, Willemsen G, Bartels M, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Nelson TL, Whitfield KE, Sung J, Kim J, Lee J, Lee S, Llewellyn CH, Fisher A, Medda E, Nisticò L, Toccaceli V, Baker LA, Tuvblad C, Corley RP, Huibregtse BM, Derom CA, Vlietinck RF, Loos RJF, Knafo-Noam A, Mankuta D, Abramson L, Burt SA, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 May;27(5):855-865. doi: 10.1002/oby.22451. 
• The Italian Twin Registry: An Update at 18 Years From Its Inception. Medda E, Toccaceli V, Fagnani C, Nisticò L, Brescianini S, Salemi M, Ferri M, D'Ippolito C, Alviti S, Arnofi A, Stazi MA. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2019.
• Genetic and environmental factors on heart rate, mean arterial pressure and carotid intima media thickness: a longitudinal twin study. Tarnoki AD, Szalontai L, Fagnani C, Tarnoki DL, Lucatelli P, Maurovich-Horvat P, et al. Cardiol J. 2019.
• A model for estimating the lifelong exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 and the application to population studies. Li N, Maesano CN, Friedrich R, Medda E, Brandstetter S, et al. Environ Res. 2019 Nov;178:108629.
• Neonatal Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: What Can We Learn From Discordant Twins? Medda E, Vigone MC, Cassio A, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019.
• Adolescents self-reported sleep quality and emotional regulation: a discordant twin study. Medda E, Alessandri G, Delfino D, Fagnani C, Ferri M, Violani C, Stazi MA. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2019.
• The Relationship Between Satisfaction With Life and Depression Symptoms by Gender. Gigantesco A, Fagnani C, Toccaceli V, Stazi MA, Lucidi F, Violani C, Picardi A. Front Psychiatry. 2019.

2018

• Genetic and environmental determinants of longitudinal stability of arterial stiffness and wave reflection: a twin study. Pucci G, Tarnoki AD, Medda E, et al. J Hypertens. 2018.
• Are the Variants of the Circle of Willis Determined by Genetic or Environmental Factors? Results of a Twin Study and Review of the Literature. Forgo B, Tarnoki AD, Tarnoki DL, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2018.
• Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs. Piirtola M, Jelenkovic A, Latvala A, et al. PLoS One. 2018.
• Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis: A Review on Heritability and Genetics. Forgo B, Medda E, Hernyes A, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2018.

2017

• Genetic influence on femoral plaque and its relationship with carotid plaque: an international twin study. Lucatelli P, Fagnani C, Tarnoki AD, et al. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017.
• Telomerase activity, telomere length and hTERT DNA methylation in monozygotic twins. Marcon F, Siniscalchi E, Andreoli C, et al. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2017.
• Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region. Silventoinen K, Jelenkovic A, Latvala A, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017.

2016

• Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts. Jelenkovic A, Hur YM, Sund R, et al. Elife. 2016.
• The Italian Twin Register: new cohorts and tools. Fagnani C, Brescianini S, Medda E, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2016.

2015

• Genetic influence on carotid plaque characteristics: an international twin study. Tarnoki AD, Baracchini C, Tarnoki DL, et al. Stroke. 2015.
• Heritability and environmental effects for self-reported stuttering. Fagnani C, Fibiger S, Skytthe A, Hjelmborg JV. Logoped Phoniatr Vocol. 2015.

2014

• Heritability of arterial stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness. Medda E, Fagnani C, Schillaci G, et al. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2014.
• Genetic and environmental bases of psychological well-being. Gigantesco A, Stazi MA, Alessandri G, Medda E, Fagnani C. Psychol Med. 2014.

2013

• Genetic and environmental effects on carotid flow velocities. Lucatelli P, Tarnoki AD, Tarnoki DL, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2013.

2012

• Heritability of central blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Tarnoki AD, Baracchini C, Tarnoki DL, et al. J Hypertens. 2012.

2011

• Genetic and environmental influences on infant sleep patterns. Brescianini S, Fagnani C, et al. Pediatrics. 2011.

2010

• A genetically informed study of anxiety dimensions in twins. Ogliari A, Spatola CA, Fagnani C, et al. J Anxiety Disord. 2010.

2009

• Human optimal functioning: genetics of positive orientation. Caprara GV, Fagnani C, Alessandri G, et al. Behav Genet. 2009.

2008

• Heritability and shared genetic effects of asthma and hay fever. Fagnani C, Annesi-Maesano I, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2008.

2007

• Heritability of psychotic and obsessive symptoms in twins. Fagnani C, Bellani M, Toccaceli V, et al. Psychiatry Res. 2007.

2006

• The Italian Twin Register: new cohorts and tools. Fagnani C, Brescianini S, et al. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2006.
• Promozione di una banca biologica per il progetto europeo "GenomEUtwin": riflessioni etiche e tutela della privacy nella conservazione di tessuti umani per la ricerca. Toccaceli V, Nisticò L. Rapporti ISTISAN 06/56. 2006.
• The Italian Twin Register: new cohorts and tools, current projects and future perspectives of a developing resource. Fagnani C, Brescianini S, Cotichini R, D'Ippolito C, Dukic T, Giannantonio L, Medda E, Nisticò L, Patriarca V, Pulciani S, Rotondi D, Toccaceli V, Stazi MA. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2006 Dec;9(6):799-805.
• Metodi statistici per lo studio dei gemelli. Fagnani C, Brescianini S, Medda E, Stazi MA. Ann Ist Super Sanità. 2006;42(1):86-93.
• Nuovi approcci sperimentali per lo studio dei gemelli: applicazioni dei DNA-microarray. Pulciani S, Di Lonardo A, Fagnani C, D’Ippolito C, Bomprezzi R, Stazi MA. Ann Ist Super Sanità. 2006;42(2):211-221.
• Multiple sclerosis in twins from continental Italy and Sardinia: a nationwide study. Ristori G, Cannoni S, Stazi MA, et al. Ann Neurol. 2006;59(1):27-34.
• Concordance, disease progression, and heritability of coeliac disease in Italian twins. Nisticò L, Fagnani C, Coto I, Percopo S, Cotichini R, Limongelli MG, Paparo F, D'Alfonso S, Giordano M, Sferlazzas C, Magazzù G, Momigliano-Richiardi P, Greco L, Stazi MA. Gut. 2006;55(6):803–808. 

2005

• Genetic and environmental influences on anxiety dimensions in Italian twins evaluated with the SCARED questionnaire. Ogliari A, Citterio A, Zanoni A, Fagnani C, Patriarca V, Cirrincione R, Stazi MA, Battaglia M. J Anxiety Disord. 2005.
• Risk factors for congenital hypothyroidism: results of a population case-control study (1997-2003). Medda E, Olivieri A, Stazi MA, et al. Eur J Endocrinol. 2005;153(6):765-773.

2004

• Heritability of biochemical kidney markers and relation to survival in the elderly - results from a Danish population-based twin study. Bathum L, Fagnani C, Christiansen L, Christensen K. Clin Chim Acta. 2004;349:143-150.

2003

• Registro Nazionale Gemelli. Fattori genetici e ambientali nelle malattie multifattoriali. Stazi MA, Fagnani C, et al. Notiziario ISS. 2003;16(9):15-19.
• I gemelli nella ricerca biomedica e l’istituzione del "Registro Nazionale Gemelli". Cotichini R, Fagnani C, et al. Epidemiol Prev. 2003;27(5):297-302.
• Ethical issues and GenomEUtwin. Harris JR, Willemsem G, et al. Twin Research. 2003;6(5):455-463.
• Sex differences in heritability of BMI: a comparative study of twin studies in eight countries. Schousboe K, Willemsem G, et al. Twin Research. 2003;6(7):409-421.
• Heritability of adult body height: a comparative study of twin cohorts in eight countries. Silventoinen K, Sammalisto S, et al. Twin Research. 2003;6(5):399-408.
• Longevity studies in GenomEUtwin. Skytthe A, Pedersen NL, et al. Twin Research. 2003;6(5):448-454.

2002

• The first large population based twin study of coeliac disease. Greco L, Romino R, et al. Gut. 2002;50(5):624-628.
• The Italian twin project: from the personal identification number to a national twin registry. Stazi MA, Cotichini R, et al. Twin Research. 2002;5(5):382-386.