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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
The role of the serotonergic innervation of the olfactory bulb was examined in neonate rat pups (Sprague-Dawley) by utilizing an olfactory learning paradigm (Sullivan, McGaugh, & Leon, 1991; Sullivan, Wilson, & Leon, 1989). One hundred fifty nanoliters of the neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-dHT, 10 micrograms/microliters) was injected into each anterior olfactory nucleus of Postnatal Day 2 (PND 2) pups in order to selectively deplete the serotonergic (5-HT) innervation of the olfactory bulb. On PND 8, control, sham-operated, or 5-HT-depleted pups were presented with stroke (unconditioned stimulus) paired with peppermint odor (conditioned stimulus) or were presented with peppermint alone. Other pups remained naive, i.e., they were not presented with either stroke or odor. The following day, the pups were placed on a mesh screen above two boxes containing either fresh bedding or bedding with peppermint odor for five 1-min trials. Control and sham-operated pups that were previously trained by the odor/stroke paradigm spent significantly more time over the peppermint odor than similarly trained 5-HT-depleted pups, pups trained using the odor only paradigm, or naive pups. Immunocytochemistry verified that the 5,7-dHT injections specifically depleted the 5-HT innervation of the olfactory bulb and left the 5-HT innervation of more caudal levels of the neuraxis (e.g., piriform cortex) intact. The locomotor behavior of the pups was not affected by the 5-HT depletions. This study is the initial investigation to suggest that 5-HT innervation to the olfactory bulb is important in the acquisition or expression of olfactory-based learned behavior in the neonate rat.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0163-1047
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
152-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7906939-5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Association Learning, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Conditioning, Classical, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Dominance, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Mental Recall, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Olfactory Bulb, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Olfactory Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Receptors, Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Smell, pubmed-meshheading:7906939-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Serotonergic influence on olfactory learning in the neonate rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't