It is a common belief that memories, over time, become progressively independent of the hippocampus and are gradually stored in cortical areas. This view is mainly based on evidence showing that prefrontal cortex (PFC) manipulations impair the retrieval of remote memories, while hippocampal inhibition does not. More controversial is whether activity in the medial PFC is required immediately after learning to initiate consolidation. Another question concerns functional differences among PFC subregions in forming and storing remote memories. To address these issues, we directly contrasted the effects of loss-of-function manipulations of the anterior cingulate cortex (aCC) and the ventromedial PFC, which includes the infralimbic (IL) and prelimbic (PL) cortices, before testing and immediately after training on the ability of CD1 mice to recall the hidden platform location in the Morris water maze. We injected an AAV carrying the hM4Di receptor into the PL-IL or aCC. Interestingly, pretest administrations of clozapine-N-oxide (CNO; 3 mg/kg) revealed that the aCC, but not the PL-IL, was necessary to recall remote spatial information. Furthermore, systemic post-training administration of CNO impaired memory recall at remote, but not recent, time points in both groups. These findings revealed a functional dissociation between the two prefrontal areas, demonstrating that both the PL-IL and the aCC are involved in early consolidation of remote spatial memories, but only the aCC is engaged in their recall.

Distinct roles of medial prefrontal cortex subregions in the consolidation and recall of remote spatial memories / Centofante, Eleonora; Santoboni, Mattia; Mombelli, Elena L. J.; Rinaldi, Arianna; Mele, Andrea. - In: ENEURO. - ISSN 2373-2822. - 11:10(2024). [10.1523/eneuro.0192-24.2024]

Distinct roles of medial prefrontal cortex subregions in the consolidation and recall of remote spatial memories

Centofante, Eleonora;Santoboni, Mattia;Rinaldi, Arianna;Mele, Andrea
2024

Abstract

It is a common belief that memories, over time, become progressively independent of the hippocampus and are gradually stored in cortical areas. This view is mainly based on evidence showing that prefrontal cortex (PFC) manipulations impair the retrieval of remote memories, while hippocampal inhibition does not. More controversial is whether activity in the medial PFC is required immediately after learning to initiate consolidation. Another question concerns functional differences among PFC subregions in forming and storing remote memories. To address these issues, we directly contrasted the effects of loss-of-function manipulations of the anterior cingulate cortex (aCC) and the ventromedial PFC, which includes the infralimbic (IL) and prelimbic (PL) cortices, before testing and immediately after training on the ability of CD1 mice to recall the hidden platform location in the Morris water maze. We injected an AAV carrying the hM4Di receptor into the PL-IL or aCC. Interestingly, pretest administrations of clozapine-N-oxide (CNO; 3 mg/kg) revealed that the aCC, but not the PL-IL, was necessary to recall remote spatial information. Furthermore, systemic post-training administration of CNO impaired memory recall at remote, but not recent, time points in both groups. These findings revealed a functional dissociation between the two prefrontal areas, demonstrating that both the PL-IL and the aCC are involved in early consolidation of remote spatial memories, but only the aCC is engaged in their recall.
2024
Morris water maze; anterior cingulate cortex; consolidation; infralimbic cortex; prelimbic cortex
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Distinct roles of medial prefrontal cortex subregions in the consolidation and recall of remote spatial memories / Centofante, Eleonora; Santoboni, Mattia; Mombelli, Elena L. J.; Rinaldi, Arianna; Mele, Andrea. - In: ENEURO. - ISSN 2373-2822. - 11:10(2024). [10.1523/eneuro.0192-24.2024]
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