A deletion variant of the α2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1137-1139

  De Quervain, Dominique J F ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^b   Ertl, Verena ^b   Onyut, P Lamaro ^b,c   Neuner, Frank ^b   Elbert, Thomas ^b   Papassotiropoulos, Andreas ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 2B; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA-2B; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; GENETICS; MEMORY; NEGRO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 34548306781     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1945     Document Type: Article

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