Posted on 10/22/2008 12:49:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- It sounds like science fiction, by scientists say it might one day be possible to erase undesirable memories from the brain, selectively and safely.
Using a complex genetic approach, U.S. and Chinese researchers believe they have done just that in mice, but the feat is far from being tested on humans.
Study co-author Joe Z. Tsien, co-director of the Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, says the "work reveals a molecular mechanism of how [memory deletion] can be done quickly and without doing damage to brain cells."
The finding is published in the Oct. 23 issue of Neuron.
Humans plagued by painful memories have long wished for a way to eject them from the brain. The concept was the premise of the popular 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in which two former lovers pay a "memory-erasure" service to expunge the unhappy affair from their minds.
To explore the possibility of safely carving away bits of memory, the study authors first focused on the activity of a common protein found only in the brain, called CaMKII.
In both mice and people, this enzyme is often referred to as the "memory molecule" because of its key role in facilitating brain cell communication -- especially people's ability to learn and retain information.
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Some have, some have not. Age and shock have a way of taking care of some pain, but not that in the heart.
Humor helps.
Nobama's birth certificate?
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God Bless.
FNORD
If O wins can I get some specific memories erased?
Maybe that’s what’s happened to Biden.
Harrison Bergeron.
specific memories?
could these maybe be memories of sermons given my one’s pastor?
just askin’
;-)
My condolences, sir.
Mac
USMC 1978-1986
LOL. True. However, the Keg special does have the disadvantage of wiping out EVERY memory that was formed during a specific time period, thus this new invention might have its uses for when one needs to target specific bits of memory. For instance, when Obama makes you send 1,000 US to his campaign ....
FNORD? Does that mean something?
I thought it was the sound Felix Ungar used to make when he was clearing his sinuses.
Coming tools for the new grand Uber-O admin?
I would love to forget my ex-girlfriend.
She often shows up in my nightmares then i wake up all pissed and grumpy.
Make em crave peanut butter.
I love it!!!!!
So a time will come that after a guy gets a divorce, he will be able to erase the entire experience from memory.
Now, if they could only put back good memories as we age.
God bless Pop.
Your Buddhist son, a Marine NCO, was KIA liberating an Islamic country.
My FRiend, you are a true American.
My sympathies for your loss.
USAF, Retired.
FNORD - Wikipedia. Also applicable, the movie "THEY LIVE" in which secret messages designed to lull you into complacency and servitude are on billboards everywhere in special paint only your subconcious sees.
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