Many kinases have been implicated in memory formation, but a new study suggests that a phosphatase, calcineurin, is important for the long-lasting nature of emotional memories by making them resistant to extinction.
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Sindreu, C., Storm, D. How I learned to stop worrying and love calcineurin. Nat Neurosci 11, 527–528 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0508-527
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