MIT finds mechanism behind fear
Researchers from MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have uncovered a molecular mechanism that governs the formation of fears stemming from traumatic events.
The work could lead to the first drug to treat the millions of adults who suffer each year from persistent, debilitating fears - including hundreds of soldiers.
[Child soldiers used by African warlords drug their young recruits with 'brown brown' to eradicate fear and help instil a murderous rage.]
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