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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 1, 2001, 21(15):5773-5780
Different Requirements for Protein Synthesis in Acquisition and
Extinction of Spatial Preferences and Context-Evoked Fear
K. Matthew
Lattal and
Ted
Abel
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19104
Many molecular accounts of long-term memory storage postulate that
the synthesis of new proteins is necessary for long-term changes in
neuronal function. These experiments generally have examined the
learning that occurs as associations are acquired between neutral and
biologically important stimuli. Little is known about the importance of
protein synthesis in the establishment of memories for extinction,
which occurs as the relations established during acquisition are
severed. Extinction appears to be an active learning process that
results in the formation of new memories rather than in the simple
erasure or forgetting of memories from acquisition. Furthermore, under
certain circumstances, extinction can result in long-term changes in
behavior lasting for days to weeks. Here we show that although memories
for the acquisition of spatial and contextual learning required protein
synthesis, memories for extinction formed in the absence of protein
synthesis. These results suggest that acquisition and extinction are
mediated by distinct molecular mechanisms and that long-term memories
can form in the absence of protein synthesis.
Key words:
memory; extinction; protein synthesis; spatial learning; fear conditioning; hippocampus
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21155773-08$05.00/0
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