Experimental Drug Clears Memory
Researchers have lately acquired interesting results with a drug that can block the activity of the part of the brain that is responsible for retaining learned information. At this point the research is only done with animals. According to scientists, however, brain’s memory system works almost similarly in human as well.
When this drug is delivered to special areas of brain, for example the ones holding memory information about spatial knowledge, emotional associations, or motor skills, the functionality of this area is blocked.
This can be considered as a some kind of break trough on the field of neuroscience. If this critical memory molecule can be utilized it could perhaps help to forget chronic fear or a bad habit. Of course if this kind of drug is introduced, it will bring a new wave of ethical issues with it.