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@article{citeulike:1525576, 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.}, address = {[1] Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Z\"{u}rich, Lenggstr. 31, 8032 Z\"{u}rich, Switzerland. [2] Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Z\"{u}rich, 8057, Z\"{u}rich, Switzerland.}, author = {de Quervain, Dominique J-F J. and Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana T. and Ertl, Verena and Onyut, P Lamaro L. and Neuner, Frank and Elbert, Thomas and Papassotiropoulos, Andreas}, citeulike-article-id = {1525576}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1945}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17660814}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17660814}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1038/nn1945}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nat Neurosci}, keywords = {aar, human, memory}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2007-08-21 04:14:43}, priority = {2}, title = {A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1945}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1525576 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1525576 N2 - 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. JF - Nat Neurosci SN - 1097-6256 AD - [1] Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zürich, Lenggstr. 31, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland. [2] Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zürich, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland. TI - A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans. KW - aar KW - human KW - memory AU - de Quervain, Dominique J-F AU - Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana AU - Ertl, Verena AU - Onyut, P Lamaro AU - Neuner, Frank AU - Elbert, Thomas AU - Papassotiropoulos, Andreas PY - 2007/07/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1945 ER -