G.E. Fenton
Medial prefrontal cortex circuit function during retrieval and extinction of associative learning under anesthesia
Fenton, G.E.; Halliday, D.M.; Mason, R.; Stevenson, Carl W.
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Abstract
Associative learning is encoded under anesthesia and involves the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Neuronal activity in mPFC increases in response to a conditioned stimulus (CS+) previously paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) but not during presentation of an unpaired stimulus (CS-) in anesthetized animals. Studies in conscious animals have shown dissociable roles for different mPFC subregions in mediating various memory processes, with the prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) cortex involved in the retrieval and extinction of conditioned responding, respectively. Therefore PL and IL may also play different roles in mediating the retrieval and extinction of discrimination learning under anesthesia. Here we used in vivo electrophysiology to examine unit and local field potential (LFP) activity in PL and IL before and after auditory discrimination learning and during later retrieval and extinction testing in anesthetized rats. Animals received repeated presentations of two distinct sounds, one of which was paired with footshock (US). In separate control experiments animals received footshocks without sounds. After discrimination learning the paired (CS+) and unpaired (CS-) sounds were repeatedly presented alone. We found increased unit firing and LFP power in PL and, to a lesser extent, IL after discrimination learning but not after footshocks alone. After discrimination learning, unit firing and LFP power increased in PL and IL in response to presentation of the first CS+, compared to the first CS-. However, PL and IL activity increased during the last CS- presentation, such that activity during presentation of the last CS+ and CS- did not differ. These results confirm previous findings and extend them by showing that increased PL and IL activity result from encoding of the CS+/US association rather than US presentation. They also suggest that extinction may occur under anesthesia and might be represented at the neural level in PL and IL.
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Fenton, G., Halliday, D., Mason, R., & Stevenson, C. W. (2014). Medial prefrontal cortex circuit function during retrieval and extinction of associative learning under anesthesia. Neuroscience, 265, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.01.028
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 15, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 24, 2014 |
Publication Date | Apr 18, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Jun 30, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 30, 2015 |
Journal | Neuroscience |
Print ISSN | 0306-4522 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-7544 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 265 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.01.028 |
Keywords | Prelimbic; Infralimbic; Discrimination learning; Extinction; Retrieval; In vivo electrophysiology |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/726806 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452214000414 |
Contract Date | Jun 30, 2015 |
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