Beta-Blocker Erases Bad Memories

A generic beta-blocker normally used to control blood pressure could one day be used to treat anxiety and phobia by erasing bad memories, according to a new Dutch study. The research was the work of Dr Merel Kindt, a professor in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam and other colleagues from the university and was published in the advanced online issue of Nature Neuroscience on 15 February.

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Filed under: Anxiety on February 20th, 2009