Hippocampal GABA enables inhibitory control over unwanted thoughts

It is not fully understood how intrusive or unwanted memories are regulated. Here the authors show that hippocampal GABA concentrations, and coupling between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, predict how well subjects can suppress unwanted memories when presented with a reminder.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taylor W. Schmitz, Marta M. Correia, Catarina S. Ferreira, Andrew P. Prescot, Michael C. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00956-z