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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Pheromone-induced olfactory memory in newborn rabbits: Involvement of consolidation and reconsolidation processes.
Solène LanguilleBenoist SchaalGérard CoureaudBernard Harssubject
Cognitive NeuroscienceConditioning ClassicalPheromones03 medical and health sciencesCellular and Molecular Neurosciencechemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineAnimals[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]Olfactory memoryAnisomycinComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS030304 developmental biologyProtein Synthesis Inhibitors0303 health sciencesAppetitive BehaviorChi-Square DistributionConsolidation (soil)Long-term memoryAssociation LearningBrainRecognition PsychologyContent-addressable memoryOlfactory PerceptionNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyMemory Short-TermOdorchemistryAnimals NewbornPheromoneMemory consolidation[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]RabbitsPsychologyNeuroscience030217 neurology & neurosurgeryAnisomycinCognitive psychologydescription
Mammary pheromone (MP)-induced odor memory is a new model of appetitive memory functioning early in a mammal, the newborn rabbit. Some properties of this associative memory are analyzed by the use of anisomycin as an amnesic agent. Long-term memory (LTM) was impaired by anisomycin delivered immediately, but not 4 h after either acquisition or reactivation. Thus, the results suggest that this form of neonatal memory requires both consolidation and reconsolidation. By extending these notions to appetitive memory, the results reveal that consolidation and reconsolidation processes are characteristics of associative memories of positive events not only in the adult, but also in the newborn.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | Learningmemory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) |