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Perirhinal cortex and the recognition of relative familiarity

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07/2021
Author
Ameen-Ali, Kamar E.
Sivakumaran, Magali
Eacott, Madeline J.
O'Connor, Akira R.
Ainge, James A.
Easton, Alexander
Keywords
Recognition memory
Rat
Spontaneous object recogniton
cfos
BF Psychology
RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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Abstract
Spontaneous object recognition (SOR) is a widely used task of recognition memory in rodents which relies on their propensity to explore novel (or relatively novel) objects. Network models typically define perirhinal cortex as a region required for recognition of previously seen objects largely based on findings that lesions or inactivations of this area produce SOR deficits. However, relatively little is understood about the relationship between the activity of cells in the perirhinal cortex that signal novelty and familiarity and the behavioural responses of animals in the SOR task. Previous studies have used objects that are either highly familiar or absolutely novel, but everyday memory is for objects that sit on a spectrum of familiarity which includes objects that have been seen only a few times, or objects that are similar to objects which have been previously experienced. We present two studies that explore cellular activity (through c-fos imaging) within perirhinal cortex of rats performing SOR where the familiarity of objects has been manipulated. Despite robust recognition memory performance, we show no significant changes in perirhinal activity related to the level of familiarity of the objects. Reasons for this lack of familiarity-related modulation in perirhinal cortex activity are discussed. The current findings support emerging evidence that perirhinal responses to novelty are complex and that task demands are critical to the involvement of perirhinal cortex in the control of object recognition memory.
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Ameen-Ali , K E , Sivakumaran , M , Eacott , M J , O'Connor , A R , Ainge , J A & Easton , A 2021 , ' Perirhinal cortex and the recognition of relative familiarity ' , Neurobiology of Learning and Memory , vol. 182 , 107439 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107439
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Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107439
ISSN
1074-7427
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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This work was supported and funded by a National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) studentship to K.E.A.-A. (NC/K500252/1) and an Eastbio (BBSRC) studentship to M.G.H.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23206

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