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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
neuroscience
A deletion variant of the α2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans
Nature Neuroscience, Volume 10, No. 9, Year 2007
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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 α2b-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. © 2007 Nature Publishing Group.
Authors & Co-Authors
De Quervain, D.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Kolassa, Iris Tatjana
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Ertl, Verena
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Onyut, Patience Lamaro
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Neuner, Frank
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Elbert, Thomas R.
Germany, Konstanz
Universität Konstanz
Papassotiropoulos, A.
Switzerland, Basel
Universitat Basel
Switzerland, Basel
Biozentrum, Universität Basel
Statistics
Citations: 173
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nn1945
ISSN:
10976256
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics