Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Pharmacologically induced amnesia for learned fear is time and sleep dependent

  • Merel Kindt,
  • Marieke Soeter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03659-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Emotional memory can change when retrieved, yet the conditions under which this can occur are not fully described. Here, authors show that taking a pill of propranolol taken during a specific time window can change the expression of fear memory in a person, and that sleep is necessary to forget learned fear.