Scientists 'reactivate' Alzheimer's patients' memories

How exactly do they erase them first in mice? Also how do they know this? Can they read and understand mice thoughts?

So, did the rats have alzheimers?

And, here's a novel idea: why not find out what in the hell is causing it, and then STOP IT.

but I am a little concerned about the erasing part of it.

Scientists in America are hopeful of a breakthrough in curing Alzheimer's, following a study that shows a way of bringing back the lost memories of dementia patients.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and successfully reactivated memories in rats, offering hope that the same can be achieved with humans.

The study, published next month, is the first to show the ability to selectively remove a memory and then reactivate it.

This is done by stimulating nerves in the brain at frequencies that are known to weaken and strengthen the connections between nerve cells, called synapses.

Roberto Malinow, a professor of neurosciences and senior author of the study, said: "We can form a memory, erase that memory and we can reactivate it, at will, by applying a stimulus that selectively strengthens or weakens synaptic connections.

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You can earn more money by frequently re-activating memories compared to preventing them vanish?

Fuckin' with shit they have no business fuckin' with… again.

Well, its a good thing they can reactivate memories, but I am a little concerned about the erasing part of it.

Totally .. We are going into M.I.B territory ,technology and science are going faster and gaining ground ....

You can earn more money by frequently re-activating memories compared to preventing them vanish?

Coconut oil helps!

SO many bad implications for this... if they can remove phobias they can remove all fear - Universal Soldiers?

can u explain?

Well, its a good thing they can reactivate memories, but I am a little concerned about the erasing part of it.

Well, its a good thing they can reactivate memories, but I am a little concerned about the erasing part of it.

Erased and brought back?
I made a mistake of cutting a file and when trying to paste it back it was corrupted. I was not able to retrieve the file again. It was gone for good.
Which got me thinking. Memory of a person is not stored in the brain. Brain only acts as a mechanism of access.
In actual fact momery of a person is stored in consciousness, very much like the new system of using cloud in computers.
The cloud system is the consciousness and drop box is the part of the brain that can retrieve the memory.
Memory is not stored in the brain and thus does is not lost when a person dies or brain is damaged

You can earn more money by frequently re-activating memories compared to preventing them vanish?

Those Darn mice get all the good stuff. It seems it never comes to fruition unless a profit by the drug companies can be made. I would like to have all bad memories erased please including images I've viewed at GLP

Erased and brought back?
I made a mistake of cutting a file and when trying to paste it back it was corrupted. I was not able to retrieve the file again. It was gone for good.
Which got me thinking. Memory of a person is not stored in the brain. Brain only acts as a mechanism of access.
In actual fact momery of a person is stored in consciousness, very much like the new system of using cloud in computers.
The cloud system is the consciousness and drop box is the part of the brain that can retrieve the memory.
Memory is not stored in the brain and thus does is not lost when a person dies or brain is damaged