Medial prefrontal cortex dopamine controls the persistent storage of aversive memories

Medial prefrontal cortex dopamine controls the persistent storage of aversive memories

Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is essential for initial memory processing and expression but its involvement in persistent memory storage has seldom been studied. Using the hippocampus dependent inhibitory avoidance learning task and the hippocampus-independent conditioned taste aversion paradigm t...

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Main Authors: María Carolina Gonzalez, Cecilia Paula Kramar, Micol eTomaiuolo, Cynthia eKatche, Noelia eWeisstaub, Martín eCammarota, Jorge Horacio Medina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
conditioned taste aversion
VTA
Inhibitory avoidance
D1/D5 receptor
system consolidation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00408/full

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