'Erasing' Drug-associated Memories May Stop Drug Addiction Relapses
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 20:21
in Psychology & Sociology
"Erasing" drug-associated memories may prevent recovering drug abusers from relapsing, researchers have discovered. The team was able to reduce drug-seeking behaviors in rats by blocking a brain chemical receptor important to learning and memory during the recall of drug-associated memories.