@article{AppelScholzKocabeyetal.2016,
  author    = {Appel, Mirjam and Scholz, Claus-J{\"u}rgen and Kocabey, Samet and Savage, Sinead and K{\"o}nig, Christian and Yarali, Ayse},
  title     = {Independent natural genetic variation of punishment- versus relief-memory},
  series = {Biology Letters},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Biology Letters},
  number    = {12},
  doi       = {10.1098/rsbl.2016.0657},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-186554},
  pages     = {20160657},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {A painful event establishes two opponent memories: cues that are associated with pain onset are remembered negatively, whereas cues that coincide with the relief at pain offset acquire positive valence. Such punishment-versus relief-memories are conserved across species, including humans, and the balance between them is critical for adaptive behaviour with respect to pain and trauma. In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster as a study case, we found that both punishment-and relief-memories display natural variation across wild-derived inbred strains, but they do not covary, suggesting a considerable level of dissociation in their genetic effectors. This provokes the question whether there may be heritable inter-individual differences in the balance between these opponent memories in man, with potential psycho-clinical implications.},
  language  = {en}
}