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Fos imaging reveals differential neuronal activation of areas of rat temporal cortex by novel and familiar sounds.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11488955     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To provide information about the possible regions involved in auditory recognition memory, this study employed an imaging technique that has proved valuable in the study of visual recognition memory. The technique was used to image populations of neurons that are differentially activated by novel and familiar auditory stimuli, thereby paralleling previous studies of visual familiarity discrimination. Differences evoked by novel and familiar sounds in the activation of neurons were measured in different parts of the rat auditory pathway by immunohistochemistry for the protein product (Fos) of the immediate early gene c-fos. Significantly higher counts of stained neuronal nuclei (266 +/- 21/mm2) were evoked by novel than by familiar sounds (192 +/- 17/mm2) in the auditory association cortex (area Te3; AudA). No such significant differences were found for the inferior colliculus, primary auditory cortex, postrhinal cortex, perirhinal cortex (PRH), entorhinal cortex, amygdala or hippocampus. These findings are discussed in relation to the results of lesion studies and what is known of areas involved in familiarity discrimination for visual stimuli. Differential activation is produced by novel and familiar individual stimuli in sensory association cortex for both auditory and visual stimuli, whereas the PRH is differentially activated by visual but not auditory stimuli. It is suggested that this latter difference is related to the nature of the particular auditory and visual stimuli used.
Authors:
H Wan; E C Warburton; P Kuśmierek; J P Aggleton; D M Kowalska; M W Brown
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The European journal of neuroscience     Volume:  14     ISSN:  0953-816X     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2001 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-08-07     Completed Date:  2001-09-27     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8918110     Medline TA:  Eur J Neurosci     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  118-24     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Amygdala / cytology,  metabolism
Animals
Attention / physiology
Auditory Cortex / cytology,  metabolism
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Cell Count
Entorhinal Cortex / cytology,  metabolism
Exploratory Behavior / physiology*
Hippocampus / cytology,  metabolism
Immunohistochemistry
Inferior Colliculi / cytology,  metabolism
Male
Nerve Net / cytology,  metabolism*
Neurons / cytology,  metabolism*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / metabolism*
Rats
Temporal Lobe / cytology,  metabolism*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos

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