"University of Montreal researchers say that the drug metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with painful memories. In other words, bad memories are effectively blocked from being recalled or remembered.
The team’s study challenges the theory that memories cannot be modified once they are stored in the brain.
'Metyrapone is a drug that significantly decreases the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that is involved in memory recall,' explained lead author Marie-France Marin, a doctoral student." Read More
