FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 18, 2023·2 min readIn Vivo Synaptic Dynamics in Various Memory StatesResearchers have identified the in-vivo dynamics of synapses that underlie fear memory formation and extinction in the living brain.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 23, 2022·4 min readHow the Brain Stores Remote Fear MemoryRemote fear memories, or memories of trauma formed in the distant past, are stored in the connections between neurons in the prefrontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 24, 2022·4 min readBrand-New Brain Pathway to Fear DiscoveredThe sensory cortex, not the amygdala, is responsible for storing fear memories from past experiences, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 11, 2021·6 min readMemory Making Involves Extensive DNA BreakingBrain cells snap DNA in more places and in more cell types than previously realized in order to express genes for learning and memory.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·May 4, 2020·3 min readExtinguishing fearful memories depends on the flexibility of your DNAThe ability to extinguish fear memories may rely on the flexibility of a person's DNA.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 1, 2019·4 min readHow the brain fights off fears that return to haunt usNewly identified 'extinction neurons' in the hippocampus suppress fearful memories when activated, and allow the memories to return when deactivated. The findings may provide new treatment avenues for PTSD, phobias, and anxiety.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·May 15, 2017·6 min readStudy Expands Understanding of How the Brain Encodes Fear MemoryFindings could lead to the development of new treatments to reduce the effects of PTSD, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 20, 2017·4 min readHow the Brain Remembers Fearful ExperiencesBefore a rat avoids a place of which they hold fearful memories, the brain recalls memories of the physical location where the event occurred, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 21, 2016·5 min readReconditioning the Brain to Overcome FearCombining artificial intelligence and neuroimaging, researchers have devised a way of unconsciously removing a fear memory from the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 16, 2015·2 min readImplanting FearResearchers report noradrenaline and Hebbian plasticity work in tandem to form memories of fearful events.Read More
