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18353694

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Morris water maze is frequently used to evaluate the acquisition and retrieval of spatial memories. Few experiments, however, have investigated the effects of environmental cue saliency on the strength or persistence of such memories after a short vs. long post-acquisition interval. Using a Morris water maze, we therefore tested in rats the effect of the saliency of distal cues on the vividness of a recent (5 days) vs. remote (25 days) memory. Rats trained in a cue-enriched vs. a cue-impoverished context showed a better overall level of performance during acquisition. Furthermore, the probe trials revealed that the rats trained and tested in the cue-impoverished context (1) spent less time in the target quadrant at the 25-day delay, and (2) swam shorter distances in the target area, with fewer crossings at both 5- and 25-day delays, as compared to their counterparts trained and tested in the cue-enriched context. Thus, the memory trace formed in the cue-enriched context shows better resistance to time, suggesting an implication of cue saliency in the vividness of a spatial memory.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1095-9564
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Environmental cue saliency influences the vividness of a remote spatial memory in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
LINC, UMR 7191, CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur, IFR 37 Neurosciences, GDR CNRS 2905, 12 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't