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K A Wiig

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PubMed2001

Fornix-dependent induction of hippocampal CCAAT enhancer-binding protein [beta] and [delta] Co-localizes with phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein and accompanies long-term memory consolidation.

The cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is an evolutionarily conserved transcription regulator essential for long-term memory formation. It is not known, however, whether the molecular events downstream of CREB activation are also conserved. An early, cAMP-dependent event necessary for learning-related long-term synaptic plasticity in the invertebrate Aplysia californica is the induction of the transcription factor CCAAT enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP). Here we show that two homologs in the rat, C/EBPbeta and C/EBPdelta, are induced at discrete times after inhibitory avoidance learning and co-localize with phosphorylated CREB in the hippocampus. This induction is blocked by fornix lesions, which are known to disrupt activation of CREB in the hippocampus and to impair memory consolidation. These results indicate that C/EBPs are evolutionarily conserved components of the CREB-dependent gene cascade activated in long-term memory.

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PubMed1998

Memory impairment on a delayed non-matching-to-position task after lesions of the perirhinal cortex in the rat.

Previous research conducted in monkeys and rats has established that the perirhinal cortex is critically involved in object- or stimulus-recognition memory, whereas other research suggests this region may contribute to memory for object discriminations. These findings do not rule out the possibility that the perirhinal cortex plays a more general role in memory. The present experiment addressed whether selective lesions of the perirhinal cortex would result in a delay-dependent deficit on a test of memory that did not involve stimulus recognition or object memory. Rats with bilateral perirhinal lesions were tested on a delayed non-matching-to-position task. Lesions of the perirhinal cortex did not interfere with acquisition or performance at short (0-4 s)-delay intervals, but lesions did impair performance at longer delays. It is suggested that the perirhinal cortex is involved in maintaining representations of trial-specific information over time.

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PubMed1995

Lesions of rat perirhinal cortex exacerbate the memory deficit observed following damage to the fimbria-fornix.

Rats that had received bilateral lesions of the perirhinal cortex, fimbria-fornix, combined lesions of both these structures, or sham operations were tested on an object-guided delayed non-match-to-sample task. Perirhinal lesioned and fimbria-fornix lesioned rats were moderately impaired when delay intervals of 30 s or more were introduced between the sample and test phases of the experiment. Animals with combined lesions displayed a considerably greater impairment than animals with lesions of either structure alone. The combined lesioned animals were severely impaired in the initial acquisition of the task and displayed a profound memory deficit at delay intervals of greater than 4 s. These results emphasize the importance of the perirhinal cortex to memory function and suggest that the perirhinal cortex and the hippocampal formation may function interactively in the execution of memory processes.

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PubMed1994

The effects of perirhinal cortical lesions on spatial reference memory in the rat.

Rats with bilateral, electrolytic lesions of the perirhinal cortex and sham operated control rats were tested in the Morris water maze, a procedure which has repeatedly been shown to be sensitive to hippocampal and limbic system dysfunction. The results of the present study demonstrate that perirhinal lesioned rats were mildly impaired on this task. The lesioned animals took significantly longer than controls to locate the hidden platform during place navigation acquisition, and had significantly larger heading errors across the entire experimental procedure. In addition, these lesioned animals made fewer platform crossings than control rats during the probe trials. These results suggest that the perirhinal cortex, like the anatomically related entorhinal cortex and hippocampus, may be involved in mnemonic processing.

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PubMed1994

Perirhinal cortex lesions in rats disrupt performance in a spatial DNMS task.

Rats with bilateral electrolytic lesions of the perirhinal cortex and sham operated control rats were tested in a spatially guided, delayed non match to sample task. Although perirhinal lesioned animals showed no deficit in acquisition of the task, a performance deficit was observed across longer delay intervals. These results indicate that the perirhinal cortex is a critical component of the network subserving working or declarative memory in the rat.

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PubMed1994

Effects of kainic acid microinfusions on hippocampal type 2 RSA (theta).

This study investigated the effects of bilateral, selective lesions of subfield CA3, produced by intrahippocampal administration of kainic acid, on the generation of hippocampal type 2 RSA. Within 4 weeks of lesioning, animals were anesthetized with urethane and microelectrode depth profiles were performed throughout the dorsal-ventral extent of the hippocampus. In control animals, spontaneous and stimulation-induced RSA was present at the amplitude maxima in stratum oriens of the CA1 and at the level of the hippocampal fissure. Animals that received intrahippocampal microinfusions of kainic acid showed a significant reduction of RSA amplitude at both the stratum oriens and fissure regions. These results suggest that the CA3 subfield may play an important role in the production of type 2 RSA.

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Temporally graded retrograde amnesia following separate and combined lesions of the perirhinal cortex and fornix in the rat.

The involvement of the perirhinal cortex and the fornix in retrograde and anterograde amnesia in the rat was investigated in this experiment. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained on a series of five visual discrimination problems at distinct time intervals prior to receiving bilateral, electrolytic lesions of the perirhinal cortex or the fornix, combined lesions of both these structures, or sham operations. Following recovery from surgery, rats were retested on the preoperatively learned discrimination problems, as well as learning a new discrimination and discrimination reversal. Results indicated that all animals with lesions exhibited temporally graded retrograde amnesia, whereby memories acquired in the recent past (1-3 weeks) were impaired, and memories acquired in the remote past (6-8 weeks) were spared. There was no difference in the magnitude of retrograde amnesia between the three lesion groups. Animals in the perirhinal, fornix, and combined lesion groups were able to learn a new discrimination problem at a rate comparable to control rats; however, the animals with lesions were impaired at learning the discrimination reversal. The perirhinal, fornix, and combined lesion animals also exhibited a significantly faster forgetting rate over a 2-week retention interval than control rats. These results suggest that medial temporal structures including the perirhinal cortex and the fornix are involved in the consolidation of mnemonic information and that their involvement in this process occurs over a discrete period of time.

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