Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 568-575Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.09.013
Keywords
Recognition memory; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; c-Fos synthesis
Funding
- DFG
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When tested in the olfactory cued social recognition/discrimination test rats and mice differ in their retention of a recognition memory for a previously encountered conspecific juvenile Rats are able to recognize a given Juvenile for approximately 45 mm only whereas mice show not only short-term but also long-term recognition memory (>= 24 h) Here we modified the social recognition/social discrimination procedure to investigate the neurobiological mechanism(s) underlying the species differences We presented a conspecific juvenile repeatedly to the experimental subjects and monitored the investigation duration as a measure for recognition Presentation of only the volatile fraction of the juvenile olfactory signature was sufficient for both short- and long-term recognition in mice but not rats Applying additional volatile mono-molecular odours to the to be recognized juveniles failed to affect short-term memory in both species but interfered with long-term recognition in mice Finally immunocytochemical analysis of c-Fos as a marker for cellular activation revealed that juvenile exposure stimulated areas involved in the processing of olfactory signals in both the main and the accessory olfactory bulb in mice In rats we measured an increased c-Fos synthesis almost exclusively in cells of the accessory olfactory bulb Our data suggest that the species difference in the retention of social recognition memory is based on differences in the processing of the volatile versus non-volatile fraction of the individuals olfactory signature The non-volatile fraction is sufficient for retaining a short-term social memory only Long-term social memory - as observed in mice - requires a processing of both the volatile and non-volatile fractions of the olfactory signature (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved
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