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Monday, June 2, 2014

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


How to erase a memory –- and restore it: Researchers reactivate memories in rats

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Researchers have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals' reaction to past events. The study is the first to show the ability to selectively remove a memory and predictably reactivate it by stimulating nerves in the brain at frequencies that are known to weaken and strengthen the connections between nerve cells, called synapses.

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