News tagged with fear memory
'Long-shot' discovery may lead to advances in treating anxiety, memory disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unexpected discovery by UCLA life scientists holds promise for the future development of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders, and potentially for Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Researchers discover how to erase memory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working with mice have discovered that by removing a protein from the region of the brain responsible for recalling fear, they can permanently delete traumatic memories. Their report on a molecular ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 01, 2010 |
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In Brief: A week to forget your fears?
Studies with mice have demonstrated that fearful or traumatic memories can be extinguished -- often temporarily, but sometimes permanently.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 29, 2010 |
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People who are angry pay more attention to rewards than threats
Anger is a negative emotion. But, like being happy or excited, feeling angry makes people want to seek rewards, according to a new study of emotion and visual attention. The researchers found that people who are angry pay ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Non-invasive technique blocks a conditioned fear in humans
Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Forget all about it: Traumatic memories can be erased
It is well known that fear memories are permanent. However, a recent paper in Science, evaluated by three Faculty Members for F1000, reports an extraordinary finding that supports the use of a drug to control recollections of tra ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Researchers use computational models to study fear
The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Protected fear memories
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the latest issue of Science, researchers from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland, show how a class of proteins surrounding nerve cells allows fear memories to persis ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Well-timed timeout effective in wiping out fear memory response
Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 02, 2009 |
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The genetics of fear: Study suggests specific genetic variations contribute to anxiety disorders
Polymorphisms are variations in genes which can result in changes in the way a particular gene functions and thus may be associated with susceptibility to common diseases. In a new study in Psychological Science, a journa ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Ecstasy could help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
Ecstasy may help suffers of post-traumatic stress learn to deal with their memories more effectively by encouraging a feeling of safety, according to an article in the Journal of Psychopharmacology published today by SAG ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2009 |
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