期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
卷 190, 期 -, 页码 22-31出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.09.013
关键词
Retrieval; Cue modification; Spatial memory; Cytochrome c oxidase; Female
资金
- Fundacion Espa nola para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia (FECYT)
- Ministerios de Ciencia e Innovacion [PID2020-117259RB-I00]
- FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desar-rollo Regional)
- Programa Severo Ochoa de Ayudas Predoctorales de la Consejeria de Cultura y Deporte del Principado de Asturias [PA-18- PF-BP17-011]
The retrieval of spatial memories does not always require the same stimuli configuration, and partial cues can successfully elicit memory. Navigation with contextual changes, especially in females, has received little attention. In this study, memory retrieval was assessed in female rats using the Morris Water Maze spatial reference protocol. The removal or addition of cues did not impair retrieval performance, and using a degraded subset of cues led to increased oxidative metabolism activity in specific brain regions.
The retrieval of spatial memories does not always occur in an environment with the same stimuli configuration where the memory was first formed. However, re-exposure to a partial portion of the previously encountered cues can elicit memory successfully. Navigation with contextual changes has received little attention, especially in females. Thus, we aimed to assess memory retrieval using the Morris Water Maze spatial reference protocol in female adult Wistar rats. Rats were trained with five allocentric cues, and retrieval was explored one week later either with the same cues, or with four removed, or with three added cues. We studied the underlying brain oxidative metabolism of the hippocampus, prefrontal, parietal, retrosplenial, entorhinal, and perirhinal cortices through cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) histochemistry. Neither cue removal nor cue addition impaired retrieval performance. Retrieval with a degraded subset of cues led to increased prefrontal, hippocampal, retrosplenial, parietal, and perirhinal CCO activity. Retrieval with extra cues led to an enhancement of CCO activity in the hippocampus and retrosplenial cortex. Different patterns of network intercorrelations were found. The cue -removal group presented a closed reciprocal network, while the group with extra cues had separate parallel networks. Both groups showed a simpler network than the group with no cue modifications. Future research is needed to delve into behavioral and brain-related functions of spatial memory processes under modified envi-ronmental conditions.
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