Scientists erase scary memories in mice

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 16:56 in Health & Medicine

The mice's brains were genetically engineered to overproduce a key enzyme that humans also have. Treatments could be developed for post-traumatic stress disorder. Scientists have succeeded in permanently erasing frightening memories in mice, an early step toward the development of treatments for people haunted by traumas they can't forget.

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