Memory consolidation reconfigures neural pathways involved in the suppression of emotional memories

As memories consolidate over time, they become resistant to change, though how this impacts the volitional suppression of memories is not known. Liu and colleagues show that, after overnight consolidation, aversive memories exhibit distributed prefrontal representations and are harder to suppress.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yunzhe Liu, Wanjun Lin, Chao Liu, Yuejia Luo, Jianhui Wu, Peter J. Bayley, Shaozheng Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13375