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The ADRA2B gene in the production of false memories for affective information in healthy female volunteers.
Behavioural brain research - 30 Aug 2017
Fairfield Beth, Mammarella Nicola, Di Domenico Alberto, D'Aurora Marco, Stuppia Liborio, Gatta Valentina
Abstract excerpt
False memories are common memory distortions in everyday life and seem to increase with affectively connoted complex information. In line with recent studies showing a significant interaction between the noradrenergic system and emotional memory, we investigated whether healthy volunteer carriers of the deletion variant of the ADRA2B gene that codes for the α2b-adrenergic receptor are more prone to false memories...
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