| Title: | Pheromone-induced olfactory memory in newborn rabbits: Involvement of consolidation and reconsolidation processes |
| Author(s): | Coureaud G; Languille S; Schaal B; Hars B; |
| Address: | "Centre Europeen des Sciences du Gout, UMR CNRS-Universite de Bourgogne-Inra, Dijon, France. coureaud@cesg.cnrs.fr" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1549-5485 (Electronic) 1072-0502 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "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" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Animals, Newborn Anisomycin/pharmacology Appetitive Behavior/drug effects/*physiology Association Learning/drug effects/*physiology Brain/drug effects/physiology Chi-Square Distribution Conditioning, Classical/physiology Memory, Short-Term/drug ef;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCoureaud, Gerard Languille, Solene Schaal, Benoist Hars, Bernard eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2009/07/25 Learn Mem. 2009 Jul 22; 16(8):470-3. doi: 10.1101/lm.1434009. Print 2009 Aug" |
