Adult neurogenesis modulates the hippocampus-dependent period of fear memory

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• Kaoru Inokuchi, University of Toyama, Toyama , Japan
• Friday 25 June 2010, 13:00-14:00
• Part 2 Room in the Genetics Department..

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Acquired memory initially depends on the hippocampus (HPC) for the process of cortical permanent memory formation. The mechanisms through which memory becomes progressively independent from the HPC remain unknown. In the HPC , adult neurogenesis has been described in many mammalian species, even at old ages. Using two mouse models in which hippocampal neurogenesis is physically or genetically suppressed, we show that decreased neurogenesis is accompanied by a prolonged HPC -dependent period of associative fear memory. Inversely, enhanced neurogenesis by voluntary exercise sped up the decay rate of HPC -dependency of memory, without loss of memory. Consistently, decreased neurogenesis facilitated the long-lasting maintenance of rat hippocampal long-term potentiation in vivo. These independent lines of evidence strongly suggest that the level of hippocampal neurogenesis play a role in determination of the HPC -dependent period of memory in adult rodents. These observations provide a new framework for understanding the mechanisms of the hippocampal-cortical complementary learning systems. Reference Kitamura, T., Saitoh, Y., Takashima, N., Murayama, A., Niibori, Y., Ageta, H., Sekiguchi, M., Sugiyama, H. & Inokuchi, K. Adult neurogenesis modulates the hippocampus-dependent period of associative fear memory. Cell 139, 814-827 (2009).

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