Turning off this newly discovered brain pathway could help us block fearful memories

Angela Chen at The Verge - All Posts - 1 hour ago

Scientists now know how to make you forget your fears — at least if you’re a mouse. By turning off a newly discovered brain pathway, scientists were able to make mice lose their fear of a shock. It’s early research, but it may point toward methods that could help people with anxiety and PTSD. After finding a new pathway in the brain important for creating fearful memories, scientists trained mice to fear a high-pitched tone by shocking the rodents every time they heard it, according to a study published today in *Nature Neuroscience*. They waited til the rodents would freeze in f... more »