Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a specific dopamine signal in the brain that actively triggers the extinction of fear once a threat has passed—a discovery…
A recent study on 100 survivors of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks sheds light on how the brain's memory systems change during post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recovery. Published on January…
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada, have made a significant breakthrough by uncovering how stress alters the encoding and retrieval of aversive memories in the…
Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada and Kyushu University in Japan have made an intriguing discovery regarding memory manipulation in mice. They have found that exercise and genetic…