Inactivation of the anterior cingulate cortex blocks expression of remote, but not recent, conditioned taste aversion memory

Learn Mem. 2008 Apr 25;15(5):290-3. doi: 10.1101/lm.905008. Print 2008 May.

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that medial prefrontal cortical regions, such as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), play a key role in the expression of remote spatial and contextual memory. To evaluate whether this role is conserved in hippocampal-independent tasks we trained mice in the conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm. Lidocaine-induced inactivation of the ACC blocked the expression of CTA tested one month (remote), but not one day (recent), after conditioning with either a weak or strong unconditioned stimulus (US). These data suggest that the ACC may play a conserved role in remote memory, regardless of memory strength or content.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Local / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning* / drug effects
  • Conditioning, Psychological* / drug effects
  • Gyrus Cinguli / drug effects*
  • Hippocampus / drug effects
  • Lidocaine / administration & dosage
  • Lidocaine / pharmacology
  • Memory*
  • Mice
  • Taste*

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Lidocaine