Deletion variant in the ADRA2B gene increases coupling between emotional responses at encoding and later retrieval of emotional memories

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-229

  Todd, R M ^a   Muller D J ^b   Palombo, D J ^b,c   Robertson, A ^d   Eaton, T ^b   Freeman, N ^b   Levine, B ^b,c   Anderson, A K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e Diagnostic Imaging and Research Institute Hospital for Sick Children ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ADRA2B; Affective bias; Emotion; Genetic variation; Memory; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; ADRA2B PROTEIN, HUMAN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADRA2B GENE; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY BIAS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901918041     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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