Cholinergic basal forebrain is critical for social transmission of food preferences

Berger-Sweeney, Joanne; Stearns, Nancy A.; Frick, Karyn M.; Beard, B James; Baxter, Mark G.

doi:10.1002/1098-1063(2000)10:6<729::aid-hipo1010>3.0.co;2-m

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“…A cholinergic lesion produced in the NBM/SI by 192 IgG-saporin impairs the performance of rats in delayed-nonmatch to position (Dornan et al 1996), passive avoidance learning (Zhang et al 1996), inhibitory avoidance learning (Power et al 2002) and STFP (Berger-Sweeney et al 2000;Vale-Martinez et al 2002). In accounting for these findings, Hasselmo and McGaughy (2004) proposed that high ACh levels in the cortex are necessary to set the appropriate dynamics for attention and encoding.…”

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Acetylcholine in the orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for the acquisition of a socially transmitted food preference

Ross¹,

McGaughy²,

Eichenbaum³

2005

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Acetylcholine in the orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for the acquisition of a socially transmitted food preference

Ross¹,

McGaughy²,

Eichenbaum³

2005

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“…A number of brain regions have been implicated in social learning, particularly the hippocampus (eg Bunsey and Eichenbaum, 1995), parahippocampal region (eg Alvarez et al, 2001), and cholinergic basal forebrain (eg Berger-Sweeney et al, 2000).…”

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Differential Effects of Estrogen Receptor Alpha and Beta Specific Agonists on Social Learning of Food Preferences in Female Mice

Clipperton

Spinato

Chernets

et al. 2007

Neuropsychopharmacol

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There is an evolutionary advantage to learning food preferences from conspecifics, as social learning allows an individual to bypass the risks associated with trial and error individual learning. The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) paradigm examines this advantage. Females in the proestrus and diestrus phases of the estrous cycle show a prolonged preference for the demonstrated food relative to estrus and ovariectomized females. Additionally, both estrogen receptor alpha (ERa) and estrogen receptor beta (ERb) knockout mice show impaired social recognition, which suggests that both receptors may be involved in other types of socially dependent learning, including the STFP. The present study investigated the effect of the ERa selective agonist PPT (1,3,5-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-propyl-1H-pyrazole) and the ERb selective agonist WAY-200070 (7-Bromo-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3-benzoxazol-5-ol) on the STFP. Results showed that ovariectomized (ovx) mice treated with PPT failed to learn the socially acquired preference, while WAY-200070-treated ovx mice showed a two-fold prolonged preference for the food eaten by their demonstrator. The effects of PPT on the socially acquired food preference cannot be explained by effects on the total food intake of the groups or on the type of interaction with the demonstrator mouse. The effects of WAY-200070 may be partially due to effects on Submissive Behavior. The higher WAY-200070 doses produced prolonged preferences similar to those seen previously in intact female mice during the proestrus and diestrus phases. This suggests that the estrous cycle's effects on social learning may be due to the action of ERb on Submissive Behavior, or to ERb countering that of ERa.

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“…In more recent studies, it was shown that intact hippocampal c-Fos and CREB levels prior to STFP training were required for 14 and 3 days STFP memory, respectively, but not for short-term (immediate) STFP memory (Brightwell et al, 2005;Countryman et al, 2005). Along the same lines, cholinergic input (from the medial septum/vertical limb of the diagonal band of Broca (MS/VDB) to the hippocampus was found to be crucial for 24-h retrieval of STFP performance, whereas immediate retention was not affected (Berger-Sweeney et al, 2000). However, in another study, immediate, 24-h and 3-week post-training STFP performance were not impaired after lesions to the cholinergic input from the MS/VDB to the hippocampus.…”

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“…It was not mentioned, however, whether potential attention or learning deficits or other abnormalities were caused by the lesions. Berger-Sweeney et al (2000) noticed that food intake was considerably reduced in the lesioned animals. Therefore, ascertaining the role of the orbitofrontal cortex for social learning warrants further investigation.…”

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“…However, when rats were injected with 192-saporin into the orbitofrontal cortex, which reduced the number of local cholinergic fibers by approximately 30%, the animals showed no preference for the demonstrated food when tested 1-2 days later. Hippocampal levels of acetylcholine were shown to be correlated with STFP performance (Berger-Sweeney et al, 2000;Ross et al, 2005). It was not mentioned, however, whether potential attention or learning deficits or other abnormalities were caused by the lesions.…”

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Social memories in rodents: Methods, mechanisms and modulation by stress

Kooij

Sandi

2012

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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a b s t r a c tIntact social memory forms the basis of meaningful interactions between individuals. Many factors can modulate the quality of social memory, and these have been studied in detail in rodents. Social memory, however, cannot be considered a single entity. The term social memory reflects different processes, such as social recognition of a novel conspecific individual and social learning (or 'learning from others'). This review summarizes the findings obtained with behavioral paradigms that were developed for the study of memory formation by social recognition and social learning. In particular, we focus on studies that include tests for social habituation/discrimination paradigms, tests for memory of a previously established social hierarchy and the social transmission of the food preference test. The role of individual differences and the main neurobiological mechanisms (i.e., the brain regions and neurochemical systems involved) that have been implicated in each of these types of social-related memories are reviewed. In addition, we address the key modulatory influence of stress on the formation of these types of memories; discussing the contribution of central (corticotropin-releasing factor, CRF) and peripheral (glucocorticoids) stress systems and their interactions with the social neuropeptide systems. Overall, we present here a general overview of the current state of a thriving research area within the field of social neuroscience.

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Cholinergic basal forebrain is critical for social transmission of food preferences

Cited by 69 publications

References 48 publications

Acetylcholine in the orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for the acquisition of a socially transmitted food preference

Acetylcholine in the orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for the acquisition of a socially transmitted food preference

Differential Effects of Estrogen Receptor Alpha and Beta Specific Agonists on Social Learning of Food Preferences in Female Mice

Social memories in rodents: Methods, mechanisms and modulation by stress

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