Journal article
Long-Term Retention of the Classically Conditioned Eyeblink Response in Rats
Behavioral neuroscience, Vol.117(4), pp.871-875
08/2003
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.4.871
PMID: 12931972
Abstract
Retention of the classically conditioned eyeblink response in rats was tested with a conditioned stimulus (CS)-alone extinction test and 2 sessions of reacquisition training. Retention of the eyeblink conditioned response (CR) during both tests was highest 24 hr and 1 month after initial acquisition. Three months after initial acquisition, responding during the CS-alone test was at baseline, but there was significant savings during reacquisition. By 6 months after initial acquisition, the memory for the eyeblink CR was not expressed in either test. The group differences in retention, despite initial acquisition of the eyeblink CR to equal levels, suggest that rat eyeblink conditioning may provide a useful behavioral model for studying the neural processes underlying memory retention and loss.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Long-Term Retention of the Classically Conditioned Eyeblink Response in Rats
- Creators
- Daniel A Nicholson - Department of Psychology, University of IowaJesse A Sweet - Department of Psychology, University of IowaJohn H Freeman - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Behavioral neuroscience, Vol.117(4), pp.871-875
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0735-7044.117.4.871
- PMID
- 12931972
- ISSN
- 0735-7044
- eISSN
- 1939-0084
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984065753002771
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