A group of neuroscientists at the university of queensland conducted the experiment of a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories, this neuroscientists were making a study of the almond-shaped part of the brain called the amygdala, the discover of a cellular mechanism underlying the formation of emotional memories. the scientists wich are Dr. Louise Faber an her colleagues have shown how noradrenaline, affects the amygdala by controling chemical and electrical pathways that make the memory formation.Dr. Faber told her crew that this experiment will help other scientists to look for treatments.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028103111.htm
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