Researchers have discovered a new way ribonucleic acid (RNA) impacts fear-related learning and memory. Researchers demonstrated that a noncoding RNA known as Gas5 coordinates the trafficking and ...

Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an “all-clear” signal that teaches it to extinguish its fear. A new study in mice by MIT neuroscientists shows that the signal is the ...

Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an “all-clear” signal that teaches it to extinguish its fear. A new study in mice by MIT neuroscientists shows that the signal is the ...

Fear is a fundamental emotion necessary for survival. We experience fear in several ways that have helped humans stay alive, but it can go beyond what is appropriate for survival. Persistent fear and ...

Mice are experts at learning fears, and they're experts at unlearning them, too. But what allows these animals to push past their terror when something that was a ...

Image showing activity-induced local expression of long noncoding RNA Gas5 in primary cortical neurons, in vitro. Red and blue indicate Gas5 and DAPI, respectively. Synaptic marker, PSD95 is labelled ...