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Eternal sobriety of the drug-free mind? New research suggests ‘erasing’ certain memories may prevent addiction relapse – RT
Using a cutting-edge, fiber optic technique, researchers have selectively ‘erased’ memories from the brains of morphine-addicted mice, in what may prove to be a revolutionary future treatment for drug addiction.
Chasing a high is often the initiator of drug use, but the impetus for relapse is more often a desire to alleviate the acute symptoms of withdrawal like nausea, vomiting, pain, and cramping.
Both the high, or ‘the carrot’, and the withdrawal symptoms, ‘the stick,’ can act as powerful memory cues that trigger compulsive, addictive behavior and trigger relapse, but what if we could target and ‘erase’ these memories, and remove all neurological traces of drug addiction altogether?
“To prevent …
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