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Mar 27, 2009

From Forget It! A Biochemical Pathway For Blocking Your Worst Fears?:

A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning"...

..."Most people agree that failure to 'unlearn' is a hallmark of post-traumatic stress disorders and if we had a drug that affects this gene it could help soldiers coming back from the war to 'unlearn' their fear memories." 

 

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