December 2010
2 posts
Scientists Gain Insights into How to Erase... →
One intriguing application of Clem and Huganir’s work may be the eventual development of pharmacological aids that help re-open or extend fear’s malleable period, and offer a chance to quiet a damaging memory formed long ago. Indeed, the chemical cascades that precede the increased receptor turnover in the amygdala were quite well characterized in their paper, and suggested several possibilities...
Neural Feedback: Brain Influences Itself with Its... →
the brain’s electric field is not a passive by-product of its neural activity, as scientists once thought. The field may actively help regulate how the brain functions