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Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation.

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King, C; Hall, WG
Published in: Behavioral neuroscience
October 1990

Habituation of an orienting response in rat pups was used to study the development of the anterior commissure (AC) and its role in olfactory memory. Six- and 12-day-old pups received odor presentations to one side of their olfactory system and were tested later for habituation to additional presentations made to either the trained or untrained side. Six-day-old pups remembered only on the trained side. Twelve-day-old pups remembered when tested on either side. Transection of the AC in 12-day-old pups before, but not after, training prevented the transfer of memory. Thus, between 6 and 12 days of age, olfactory cross-projections carried in the AC mature and provide a functional substrate for transfer, at the time of training, of a form of olfactory learning.

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Published In

Behavioral neuroscience

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EISSN

1939-0084

ISSN

0735-7044

Publication Date

October 1990

Volume

104

Issue

5

Start / End Page

796 / 807

Related Subject Headings

  • Smell
  • Rats
  • Orientation
  • Olfactory Pathways
  • Olfactory Bulb
  • Nasal Mucosa
  • Mental Recall
  • Habituation, Psychophysiologic
  • Dominance, Cerebral
  • Brain Mapping
 

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King, C., & Hall, W. G. (1990). Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation. Behavioral Neuroscience, 104(5), 796–807. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.104.5.796
King, C., and W. G. Hall. “Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation.Behavioral Neuroscience 104, no. 5 (October 1990): 796–807. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.104.5.796.
King C, Hall WG. Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation. Behavioral neuroscience. 1990 Oct;104(5):796–807.
King, C., and W. G. Hall. “Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation.Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 104, no. 5, Oct. 1990, pp. 796–807. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0735-7044.104.5.796.
King C, Hall WG. Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation. Behavioral neuroscience. 1990 Oct;104(5):796–807.

Published In

Behavioral neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1939-0084

ISSN

0735-7044

Publication Date

October 1990

Volume

104

Issue

5

Start / End Page

796 / 807

Related Subject Headings

  • Smell
  • Rats
  • Orientation
  • Olfactory Pathways
  • Olfactory Bulb
  • Nasal Mucosa
  • Mental Recall
  • Habituation, Psychophysiologic
  • Dominance, Cerebral
  • Brain Mapping