But a new study in mice, from the laboratory of fear memory researcher Li-Huei Tsai of MIT, now promises to change that. The scientists, who reported the study in Cell, taught lab mice fear by the ...

“First [we] trigger the fear memory by exposing people to a situation or stimulus that they fear,” she says. Kindt then adds something new to the experience, such as challenging a patient ...

Nk3R antagonism decreases fear memory consolidation. (A) Experimental procedure of fear memory consolidation after stress. Created with Biorender. (B) Fear acquisition and expression in mice ...

However, it is not clear if this is due to enhanced fear memory or deficits in extinction memory. Our previous attempts to address this question using behavioral methods were inconclusive. In this ...

It was a textbook fear response, and if anything, the mouse’s posture was more rigid than Ramirez had expected. Its memory of the trauma must have been quite vivid. Which was amazing ...

Nk3R antagonism decreases fear memory consolidation. (A) Experimental procedure of fear memory consolidation after stress. Created with Biorender. (B) Fear acquisition and expression in mice ...

Fear memory is a core feature of PTSD, especially when neutral cues become emotionally loaded after trauma. The research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de ...