Researchers facilitated the extinction of long-term traumatic memories in mice by enhancing activity in the nucleus reuniens.
Trigger warnings shown before TV shows may have the opposite effect than is intended. Researchers found trigger warnings may prolong negative characteristics associated with bad memories. They also do not increase a person's use of coping strategies.
Protein synthesis in different amygdala neuron populations is essential for storing information about threat and safety.
Environmental light has been shown to affect traumatic long-term memory retention in Drosophila.
A new study reports women who have experienced sexual violence have more vivid memories than women coping with other traumatic experiences. Sexual violence survivors, researchers report, have more intense memories decades after the attack has occurred, which are difficult for them to forget.
Researchers report EMDR, a widely used but controversial psychotherapy technique, can help suppress fear related amygdala activity during the recall of traumatic memories.
The prefrontal cortex goes goes through a rearrangement during adolescence, where it forms a significant number of new connections to the hippocampus, a new study reports.
According to a new study, researchers have discovered a mechanism in the brain which can restore stress related and unconscious memories.
According to a new study, sleep deprivation could prevent people who have experienced a traumatic event from consolidating the negative memories.
A new neuroimaging study provides clues about trauma memory and how it is processed in the brain.
