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  Reward or its denial during the neonatal period affects adult spatial memory and hippocampal phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein levels of both the neonatal and adult rat

Diamantopoulou, A., Stamatakis, A., Panagiotaropoulos, T., & Stylianopoulou, F. (2011). Reward or its denial during the neonatal period affects adult spatial memory and hippocampal phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein levels of both the neonatal and adult rat. Neuroscience, 181, 89-99. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.002.

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Diamantopoulou, A, Author
Stamatakis, A, Author
Panagiotaropoulos, TI1, Author           
Stylianopoulou, F, Author
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1Laboratory of Biology-Biochemistry, Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Athens, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Early life experiences, particularly mother–infant interactions, have been shown to influence adult coping and learning abilities via gene-environment interactions. We have developed a paradigm, in which mother contact is used as either a positive or a negative reinforcer in a T-maze, during postnatal days 10–13. In both neonates receiving (RER) or denied (DER) the expected reward, exposure to the memory test in the absence of the mother resulted in a remarkable increase in the number of pCREB immunopositive cells, when compared to their corresponding levels 2 h after the completion of the training process, but also to the levels of naïve animals. In the CA3 area, the pattern of pCREB immunoreactivity, when evaluated 2 h after the completion of the training on postnatal day 13 seemed to distinguish between the two different neonatal experiences in the T-maze, with the DER pups showing higher levels of pCREB immunopositive cells than the RER. Exposure to the Morris Water Maze (MWM) during adulthood revealed a memory advantage of the DER animals compared to the RER and the animals not exposed to the neonatal experience. Relevantly, in the DER animals an increased number of pCREB immunopositive cells was observed in the CA3 area even 24 h after the end of MWM training. When also measured after exposure to the probe trial, the number of pCREB immunopositive cells was again higher in the DER compared to the RER animals. In conclusion, we show that a learning experience involving discrepancy during the particularly plastic neonatal period is able to induce long-term effects, which result in enhanced adult hippocampal dependent spatial memory. Furthermore, our data document a role of plasticity molecules like pCREB in mediating hippocampal dependent learning and detection of novelty not only in adulthood, but also more importantly in the neonatal period of the rat.

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 Dates: 2011-05
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.002
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Title: Neuroscience
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Pergamon
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 181 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 89 - 99 Identifier: ISSN: 0306-4522
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925514498