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Learning-stage dependent Fos expression in the rat brain during acquisition of an olfactory discrimination task.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15617779     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
By using Fos immunocytochemistry, we investigated the activation in olfactory-related areas at three stages (the first and fourth days of conditioning and complete acquisition) of an olfactory discrimination learning task. The trained rats (T) had to associate one odour of a pair with water-reward within a four-arm maze whereas pseudo-trained (P) rats were only submitted to the olfactory cues without any reinforcement. In the piriform cortex, both T and P rats exhibited a higher immunoreactivity on the first day, which seemed to indicate a novelty-related Fos expression in this area, but whatever the learning-stage, no significant difference in Fos expression between T and P rats was observed. In hippocampus, Fos expression was significantly different between T and P rats in CA1 and CA3 on the first and fourth days respectively. Thus we showed a differential activation of CA1 and CA3 subfields which might support a possible functional heterogeneity. In the orbitofrontal cortex, Fos immunoreactivity was significantly higher in T rats compared to P rats when mastery of the discrimination task was complete. In contrast, no learning-related Fos expression was found in infralimbic and prelimbic cortices. The present data suggest an early implication of the hippocampal formation and a later involvement of neocortical areas throughout different stages of a progressively acquired olfactory learning task.
Authors:
Florence Roullet; Frédérique Datiche; Fabienne Liénard; Martine Cattarelli
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Behavioural brain research     Volume:  157     ISSN:  0166-4328     ISO Abbreviation:  Behav. Brain Res.     Publication Date:  2005 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-12-24     Completed Date:  2005-05-26     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8004872     Medline TA:  Behav Brain Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-37     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
CESG-CNRS UMR 5170 - 15 rue H. Picardet, 21000 Dijon, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Brain Mapping*
Cerebral Cortex / metabolism*
Discrimination Learning / physiology*
Hippocampus / metabolism
Immunochemistry
Limbic System / metabolism
Male
Memory / physiology
Nerve Net / metabolism*
Oncogene Proteins v-fos / metabolism*
Parahippocampal Gyrus / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Smell / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Oncogene Proteins v-fos

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