Drug reduces the increase in fear caused by previous traumatic experiences in mice

Living a traumatic experience favours the persistence of fear associated with an aversive stimulus, known as fear conditioning and such effect, in mice, can be suppressed with a single dosis of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone, a type of flavonoid which boosts the ability to acquire new emotional learnings. The researchers consider that the drug could be used in the effective treatment of post-traumatic stress, panic and phobia disorders in persons.

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