Effects of coupled perirhinal cortex and medial septal area, fimbria-fornix, entorhinal cortex tetrodotoxin inactivations on passive avoidance consolidation in the rat. 2000

E Baldi, and C Ambrogi Lorenzini, and B Sacchetti, and G Tassoni, and C Bucherelli
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Viale G.B. Morgagni 63, I-50134, Florence, Italy.

In order to ascertain the rat perirhinal cortex (PC) function during early consolidation of a passive avoidance response (PAR), and to ascertain whether there are some functional interactions with the medial septal area (MSA), the fimbria-fornix complex (FF) and the entorhinal cortex (EC), PC-MSA, PC-FF, and PC-EC coupled inactivations were performed immediately after the PAR acquisition session. Anesthetized male adult Wistar rats aged 60 days were treated with stereotaxical bilateral injections of TTX (5 ng in 0.5 microl saline) in the appropriate sites. Retrieval testing was performed 48 h later. It was shown that all three coupled inactivations were followed by significant PAR disruption. It may be concluded that PC is somehow active even during the first mnemonic phase following the acquisition session, thus better defining PC mnemonic involvement chronology. These results may be taken as indicating that during initial consolidation the engram is concurrently processed in more than one septal and parahippocampal site, each of which by itself is not absolutely necessary for the final engram formation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008032 Limbic System A set of forebrain structures common to all mammals that is defined functionally and anatomically. It is implicated in the higher integration of visceral, olfactory, and somatic information as well as homeostatic responses including fundamental survival behaviors (feeding, mating, emotion). For most authors, it includes the AMYGDALA; EPITHALAMUS; GYRUS CINGULI; hippocampal formation (see HIPPOCAMPUS); HYPOTHALAMUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; anterior nuclear group of thalamus, and portions of the basal ganglia. (Parent, Carpenter's Human Neuroanatomy, 9th ed, p744; NeuroNames, http://rprcsgi.rprc.washington.edu/neuronames/index.html (September 2, 1998)). Limbic Systems,System, Limbic,Systems, Limbic
D008297 Male Males
D011597 Psychomotor Performance The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001362 Avoidance Learning A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience. Aversion Behavior,Aversion Learning,Aversive Behavior,Aversive Learning,Avoidance Behavior,Aversion Behaviors,Aversive Behaviors,Avoidance Behaviors,Behavior, Aversion,Behavior, Aversive,Behavior, Avoidance,Behaviors, Aversion,Behaviors, Aversive,Behaviors, Avoidance,Learning, Aversion,Learning, Aversive,Learning, Avoidance
D013779 Tetrodotoxin An aminoperhydroquinazoline poison found mainly in the liver and ovaries of fishes in the order TETRAODONTIFORMES, which are eaten. The toxin causes paresthesia and paralysis through interference with neuromuscular conduction. Fugu Toxin,Tarichatoxin,Tetradotoxin,Toxin, Fugu
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D018728 Entorhinal Cortex Cerebral cortex region on the medial aspect of the PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS, immediately caudal to the OLFACTORY CORTEX of the uncus. The entorhinal cortex is the origin of the major neural fiber system afferent to the HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION, the so-called PERFORANT PATHWAY. Brodmann Area 28,Brodmann Area 34,Brodmann's Area 28,Brodmann's Area 34,Entorhinal Area,Area Entorhinalis,Entorhinal Cortices,Secondary Olfactory Cortex,Area 28, Brodmann,Area 28, Brodmann's,Area 34, Brodmann,Area 34, Brodmann's,Area, Entorhinal,Brodmanns Area 28,Brodmanns Area 34,Cortex, Entorhinal,Cortex, Secondary Olfactory,Entorhinal Areas,Olfactory Cortex, Secondary,Secondary Olfactory Cortices

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