By BrainWorld, February 16, 2014
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On December 7th, I wrote a blog post about a published study in which scientists, Brian Dias and Kerry Ressler, demonstrated mice could transfer an experiential threat memory across three generations. As the spotlight shines heavy, debates among scientists heated up after it’s print debut in last week’s issue of Nature Neuroscience. The novel, comprehensive and meticulously produced findings wowed most researchers. Still, others criticized such a bold claim as being without an identified biological mechanism. Despite the skeptics, on January 10th, Ressler was excited and hopeful about the study’s implications at a talk in the NYU Langone Child Study Center.
