Scientific discovery: Fear Can Be Controld

Fear can be controlled. There's in the brain a “cheme” molecular that makes it possible to turn off fear and that's exactly the neurons responsible for the so-called love hormone, or ososoxin.

The discovery has been made with genetic analysis technique, which enabled them not only to study but also to manipulate neurons that produce ososoxin and play a primary role in the birth of fear - related memories as well as the ability to experience.

Watching their behavior also enabled researchers to understand communication with the structure of the amigdale brain, which is essential to showing fear.

The results shed light on nervous mechanisms associated with memory and fear and can help address psychiatric concerns, such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress.

The discovery has been published in the scientific magazine Neuron and is the result of a European research work, with the cooperation of Italian, German, French, and Spanish scholars.