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Published online 11 March 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070305-17
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Wipe out a single memory
Drug can clear away one fearful memory while leaving another intact.
A single, specific memory has been wiped from the brains of rats, leaving other recollections intact.
The study adds to our understanding of how memories are made and altered in the brain, and could help to relieve sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of the fearful memories that disrupt their lives.
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