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Deletion variant in the ADRA2B gene increases coupling between emotional responses at encoding and later retrieval of emotional memories.
Neurobiology of learning and memory - 1 Jul 2014
Todd R M, Müller D J, Palombo D J, Robertson A, Eaton T, Freeman N, Levine B, Anderson A K
Abstract excerpt
A deletion variant of the ADRA2B gene that codes for the α2b adrenoceptor has been linked to greater susceptibility to traumatic memory as well as attentional biases in perceptual encoding of negatively valenced stimuli. The goal of the present study was to examine whether emotional enhancements of memory associated with the ADRA2B deletion variant were predicted by encoding, as indexed by the subjectively...
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