@article {2806, title = {A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans}, journal = {Nat NeurosciNat Neurosci}, volume = {10}, number = {9}, year = {2007}, note = {de Quervain, Dominique J-F
Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
Ertl, Verena
Onyut, P Lamaro
Neuner, Frank
Elbert, Thomas
Papassotiropoulos, Andreas
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
United States
Nat Neurosci. 2007 Sep;10(9):1137-9. Epub 2007 Jul 29.}, month = {Sep}, pages = {1137-9}, edition = {2007/07/31}, abstract = {Emotionally arousing events are recalled better than neutral events. This phenomenon, which helps us to remember important and potentially vital information, depends on the activation of noradrenergic transmission in the brain. Here we show that a deletion variant of ADRA2B, the gene encoding the alpha2b-adrenergic receptor, is related to enhanced emotional memory in healthy Swiss subjects and in survivors of the Rwandan civil war who experienced highly aversive emotional situations.}, keywords = {*Gene Deletion, African Continental Ancestry Group/*genetics, Analysis of Variance, Emotions/*physiology, European Continental Ancestry Group/*genetics, Glutamic Acid/genetics, Humans, Memory/*physiology, Neuropsychological Tests, Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/*genetics}, isbn = {1097-6256 (Print)
1097-6256}, doi = {https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1945}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17660814}, author = {de Quervain, D. J. and Kolassa, I. T. and Ertl, V. and Onyut, P. L. and Neuner, F. and Elbert, T. and Papassotiropoulos, A.} }