Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9723259 | Neurobiology of Learning and Memory | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Both the acquisition and the extinction of memories leave short- and long-term mnemonic traces. Here, we show that in male Wistar rats, the short-term memory for a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (IA) is resistant to extinction, and that its expression does not influence retrieval or extinction of long-term memory. It has been known for some time that short- and long-term inhibitory avoidance memory involve separate and parallel processes. Here we show that, instead, short-term extinction of IA long-term memory is the first step towards its long-term extinction, and that this link requires functional NMDA receptors and protein synthesis in the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus at the time of the first CS-no US presentation.
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Authors
MartÃn Cammarota, Lia R.M. Bevilaqua, Janine I. Rossato, Maria Ramirez, Jorge H. Medina, Iván Izquierdo,