Odor matching and odor memory in the rat

Lu, Xi‐Chun M.; Slotnick, Burton M.; Silberberg, Alan

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(93)90191-h

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“…Independent multimodal visual and tactile cues could enable accurate arm choice (e.g., Kraemer et al 1983;M'Harzi andJarrard 1992). The use of the olfactory cues in darkness in our experiment supports previous findings showing the well-developed ability of rats to process olfactory information exhibited in nonspatial tasks (e.g., Staubli et al 1987;Youngentob et al 1990;Slotnick et al 1991;Lu et al 1993). Rats exhibit exceptionally rapid acquisition of operant discriminations when trained with odors (Nigrosh et al 1975;Slotnick 1984) and when olfactory cues outperform visual cues in discrimination problems (Terrace 1963).…”

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“…This is surprising, as rats are known for their well-developed abilities to process olfactory information (e.g., Staubli et al 1987;Youngentob et al 1990;Slotnick et al 1991;Lu et al 1993). Previous experiments concerned with the use of olfactory cues in the eight-arm radial maze demonstrated that even though intramaze olfactory cues could contribute to the complex sensory information enabling accurate performancc (Buresova and Bures 1981), these cues failed to direct arm choice (Olton and Samuelson 1976;Olton and Collison 1979) and were not critical for accurate arm choice (Zoladek and Roberts 1978).…”

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Integration of olfactory information in a spatial representation enabling accurate arm choice in the radial arm maze.

Lavenex

Schenk²

1996

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Integration of olfactory information in a spatial representation enabling accurate arm choice in the radial arm maze.

Lavenex

Schenk²

1996

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“…DMTS and DNMTS procedures with odor stimuli have also been studied with both rats and mice; above chance accuracy is evident even with relatively long delays (Bodyak & Slotnick, 1999; Lu et al, 1993; Otto & Eichenbaum, 1992; Roddick, Schellinck, & Brown, 2014). Of course, a potential concern here is the possibility that the odorant might linger during the delay period.…”

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Olfactory stimulus control and the behavioral pharmacology of remembering.

Galizio

2016

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

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Behavior analytic approaches and techniques have much to offer to the study of remembering. There is currently great interest in the development of animal models of human memory processes in order to enhance understanding of the neurobiology of memory and treatment of dementia and related disorders. Because rodent models are so important in contemporary neuroscience and genetics, development of procedures to study various forms of memory in rodents is a point of emphasis. The sense of smell plays an important role in rodent behavior and use of olfactory stimuli has permitted demonstrations of complex forms of stimulus control that have also served as baselines for studying drug effects on remembering. This article focuses on the effects of drugs on behavior maintained by two related procedures: delayed matching-to-sample with odors and the Odor Span Task. These types of procedures provide an opportunity to explore drug effects on behavior maintained by multiple stimuli and across a range of delay intervals with potential to advance analysis of the behavioral pharmacology of remembering.

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“…The most probable distinguishing feature is stimulus odor because of rodents' high reliance on olfactory information. It has been shown that rats are capable of using odor to solve a number of complex tasks such as delayed matching to sample (Lu, Slotnick, & Silberberg, 1993), transitive inference (Bunsey & Eichenbaum, 1996), and spatial navigation (Whishaw & Gorny, 1999). Hence, it is possible that rats could solve the simple discriminations in these experiments based strictly on olfactory cues.…”

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