Every one of us goes through some tragedy and emotional trauma in life. One of the recent studies suggest that a scientific breakthrough may help us eradicate such traumatic experiences from our lives at least the scientists involved in the research claim so.
In the study, the scientists have discovered a link between a protein called PKM and our recollection of disturbing events. Their study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, could have profound implications for war veterans, the victims of violent crimes and those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Lead researcher David Glanzman, from the University of California, Los Angeles, said: 'I think we will be able to alter memories someday to reduce the trauma from our brains. 'Not in the immediate future, but I think we will be able to go into one's brain, identify the location of the memory of a traumatic experience and try to dampen it down. 'We can do this in culture, and there is no essential difference between the synapse in culture and the synapse in your brain.'
Another professor named Glanzman, a cellular neuroscientist, along with his team reported that they have eliminated, or at least substantially weakened, a long-term memory in both the marine snail known as Aplysia and neurons in a Petri dish. The researchers stated that they have gained important insights into the cell biology of long-term memory. They discovered that the long-term memory for sensitisation in the marine snail can be erased by inhibiting the activity of PKM, a protein associated with memory. The research may also help in effective treatment of drug addiction, Alzheimer's disease and other long-term memory disorders.
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