Find medicine to erase sad memories

Scientists have solved many mysteries related to how the human brain copes with stress and these findings will pave the way for a drug to erase or erase painful memories.

According to Daily Mail , within a decade, we will be able to develop this breakthrough drug. People who are obsessed with accidents or tragedies in the past finally find a cure for salvation. Besides, this study will also lay the foundation for new methods of treating depression.

New findings allow drug development
Help erase painful memories. (Photo: Sciencephoto_Library)

Researchers at the University of Leicester found that genetically engineered mice that could not produce a protein called lipocalin-2 would tolerate "Stress" much less than other animals. That's because the "joints" that nerve cells use to communicate with each other have been changed.

"These joints are the key to receiving and reinforcing memories. They help us remember what has been learned or experienced, but that's not always good," said Dr. Robert Pawlak, said the team leader.

In fact, many events are sad, hopeless if it is better to forget quickly. In our brains, there is a constant battle to balance between the flat joints and mushroom-shaped joints , between what should be forgotten and what to remember, Dr. Pawlak explains. Protein lipocalin - 2 will be produced by the brain to cope with stress. It is responsible for reducing the number of mushroom-shaped joints and thus, sad memories will be less deeply embedded in people's memories.

In the next phase, the scientists will find out whether increasing the amount of lipocalin-2 protein will help alleviate or erase sad memories. If the answer is yes, a lipocalin-2 booster in the brain will appear on the market within the next 10 years.

Until now, the ability to erase memory or delete sad memories only exists in fiction or Hollywood movies. For example, in the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , a couple (played by Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey) has gone through a process of "erasing memories" to wipe out what they know about each other after the division. hand.

Before the University of Leicester study, a group of Dutch scientists also found that a drug used to treat heart disease can also help patients erase sad memories. At the same time, people who are less prone to panic during the "crisis" period will also remember less tragedy than those who are easily touched.