Scientists Gain Insights into How to Erase Pathological Fear | Scientific American
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 for intervention.
