01/06/2023
"It is the prefrontal memory circuits that are progressively strengthened after traumatic events and this strengthening plays a critical role in how fear memories mature to stabilized forms in the cerebral cortex for permanent storage," says neuroscientist Jun-Hyeong Cho.
Recollections of traumatic events can continue to resurface in the brain long after the moment has passed, leading to conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).