Sunday, February 15, 2009

Study takes step toward erasing bad memories

Study takes step toward erasing bad memories - Reuters Health: "A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday.

The generic beta-blocker propranolol significantly weakened people's fearful memories of spiders among a group of healthy volunteers who took it, said Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, who led the study.

'We could show that the fear response went away, which suggests the memory was weakened,' Kindt said in a telephone interview."

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