A possible drug treatment for PTSD:
For example, in a recent experiment, Sacktor and scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science trained rats to associate the taste of saccharin with nausea (thanks to an injection of lithium). After just a few trials, the rats began studiously avoiding the artificial sweetener. All it took was a single injection of a PKMzeta inhibitor called zeta-interacting protein, or ZIP, before the rats forgot all about their aversion. The rats went back to guzzling down the stuff.
A discussion with fungal researcher Nicholas Money about his new book Mushroom.
“As a biologist, there’s so much to revel in, when we really study the fungi,” he tells Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. “This is a fantastic kingdom of microorganisms, and far more interesting than the animals and the plants.”
