The neurogenetics of remembering emotions past

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 18881-18882

  Todd, Rebecca M ^a   Anderson, Adam K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRA2B GENE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN STEM; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 73149083252     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910755106     Document Type: Note

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