Can we edit memories? | Amy Milton
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
P t s d is a debilitating mental health condition characterized by symptoms such as intense fear and anxiety. Symptoms are often triggered by particular sit ations or cues in that person's environment. The responses to those cues may have been adaptive when they were first learned, fear and diving for cover in a war zone,. but in p t s d, they continue to control behavior when it's no longer appropriate. There are many different types of memory, and these depend upon different circuits and regions within the brain.
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