05.29.11

Drug May Help Overwrite Bad Memories

Posted in General at 10:06 am by nemo

ScienceDaily (May 27, 2011) — Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them, according to University of Montreal researchers at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. The team’s study challenges the theory that memories cannot be modified once they are stored in the brain.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064802.htm

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