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Mechanism Fuelling Fear Discovered

Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and colleagues show that inhibiting a kinase (kinases are enzymes that change proteins) called Cdk5 facilitates the extinction of fear …

Scientists Find PTSD Brain Molecule

Led by Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, the scientists showed that inhibiting an enzyme called Cdk5 (a protein kinase) in the hippocampus, the centre in the brain that stores emotional memories, …