Stollhoff Nicola, Eisenhardt Dorothea
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Biology/Chemistry/Pharmacy, Institute for Biology, Neurobiology, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
J Neurosci. 2009 Jul 29;29(30):9644-50. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0495-09.2009.
Here, we examine the role of the magnitude of the unconditioned stimulus (US) during classical conditioning in consolidation processes after memory retrieval. We varied the US durations during training and we test the impact of these variations on consolidation after memory retrieval with one or two conditioned stimulus-only trials. We found that the consolidation of an extinction memory depends on US duration during training and ruled out the possibility that this effect is attributable to differences in satiation after conditioning. We conclude that consolidation of an extinction memory is triggered only when the duration of the US reaches a critical threshold. This demonstrates that memory consolidation cannot be regarded as an isolated process depending solely on training conditions. Instead, it depends on the animal's previous experience as well.
在此,我们研究了经典条件反射过程中无条件刺激(US)的强度在记忆提取后巩固过程中的作用。我们在训练期间改变了US的持续时间,并通过一两次仅呈现条件刺激的试验来测试这些变化对记忆提取后巩固的影响。我们发现消退记忆的巩固取决于训练期间的US持续时间,并排除了这种效应归因于条件反射后饱足感差异的可能性。我们得出结论,只有当US的持续时间达到临界阈值时,消退记忆的巩固才会被触发。这表明记忆巩固不能被视为仅取决于训练条件的孤立过程。相反,它还取决于动物先前的经验。