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Mol Psychiatry
January 2025
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Memory reconsolidation interventions offer an exciting alternative to exposure treatment because they may target fear memories directly, thereby preventing relapse. A previous reconsolidation intervention for spider fear abruptly reduced avoidance behaviour, whereas changes in self-reported fear followed later. In this pre-registered placebo-controlled study, we first aimed to conceptually replicate these effects in spider phobia.
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December 2024
School of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, TAS, Australia.
This study establishes mirdametinib as the first MEK inhibitor that can undergo clinical development for psychiatric indications such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is characterized by persistent traumatic memories with limited effective treatment options. A body of evidence suggests that memory storage is dynamic and constantly updated through post-retrieval modification a process termed reconsolidation.
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December 2024
Department of Psychology and Collaborative Neuroscience Program, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Consolidated long-term memories can undergo strength or content modification via protein synthesis-dependent reconsolidation. This is the process by which a reminder cue initiates reactivation of the memory trace, triggering destabilization. Older and more strongly encoded spatial memories can resist destabilization due to biological boundary conditions.
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November 2024
Shvyrkov's Lab. Neural Bases of Mind, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
The involvement of DNA synthesis in the mechanisms of long-term memory reconsolidation in edible snails trained for conditioned food aversion was investigated. Administration of nucleoside analogs, such as 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine or 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine, which inhibit DNA synthesis, 1 h before or 1-3 h, but not 5 h after reminder with the conditioned stimulus led to memory impairment. One day after the inhibitor application and memory reactivation, a weakly expressed memory impairment (amnesia) was observed, which progressed over the next few days to the complete disappearance of behavioral memory expression.
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