Saying Goodbye to Traumatic Memories: Astrocytic Manipulation of the Fate of Memory
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Controlling memories in mice means forgetting a light zap, but in humans it could mean letting go of deeply traumatic events.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-11-11 16:09:28+00:00.

Original Title: Goodbye to traumatic memories: researchers discovered that by artificially acidifying a special type of cell (astrocytes) in mice, they could prevent long-term memories from being recalled without affecting short-term memory