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Topic: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.

Anebriated Title: I should be reading a book Posts: 37,996 Registered: Jan 27, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 36,373 User ID: 764,038	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_forgettingpill/all/1 time to get some mdma ? "Multiple papers demonstrated that the act of recall required some kind of protein synthesisâ€”that it was, at the molecular level, nearly identical to the initial creation of a long-term recollection." "So many of our assumptions about the human mindâ€”what it is, why it breaks, and how it can be healedâ€”are rooted in a mistaken belief about how experience is stored in the brain. (According to a recent survey, 63 percent of Americans believe that human memory â€œworks like a video camera, accurately recording the events we see and hear so that we can review and inspect them later.â€) We want the past to persist, because the past gives us permanence. It tells us who we are and where we belong. But what if your most cherished recollections are also the most ephemeral thing in your head?" "In one 2010 clinical trial, subjects suffering from PTSD were given MDMA (street name: ecstasy) while undergoing talk therapy. Because the drug triggers a rush of positive emotion, the patients recalled their trauma without feeling overwhelmed. As a result, the remembered event was associated with the positive feelings triggered by the pill. According to the researchers, 83 percent of their patients showed a dramatic decrease in symptoms within two months. That makes ecstasy one of the most effective PTSD treatments ever devised." -----signature----- (none)
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Aerlinthian Posts: 66,222 Registered: May 7, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 65,491 User ID: 94,919	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	Another very interesting substance somewhat related to the topic is Ibogaine. -----signature----- (none)
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MoFoEskimo Posts: 42,701 Registered: Jun 10, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 42,136 User ID: 687,092	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	ILLEGAL DRUG TALK, CLOSE THREAD KTHX -----signature----- (none)
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Anebriated Title: I should be reading a book Posts: 37,996 Registered: Jan 27, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 36,373 User ID: 764,038	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	i think the biggest thing in the article is the notion that memories are 're-written' each time they are recalled. -----signature----- (none)
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-Kiande- Posts: 17,599 Registered: Aug 11, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 17,325 User ID: 1,163,396	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	MoFoEskimo posted: ILLEGAL DRUG TALK, CLOSE THREAD KTHX -----signature----- Thunderdome
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rabbitslayer Posts: 2,547 Registered: Aug 26, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,537 User ID: 347,811	Subject: want to erase(change?) a memory? it can be done to rats.
	I thought any schedule 1 drug was federally prohibited even for testing/trials or am thinking of something else? -----signature----- (none)
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