Lipopolysaccharide-induced experimental immune activation does not impair memory functions in humans |
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Authors: | Jan-Sebastian Grigoleit J Reiner Oberbeck Philipp Lichte Philipp Kobbe Oliver T Wolf Thomas Montag Adriana del Rey Elke R Gizewski Harald Engler Manfred Schedlowski |
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Institution: | a Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany;b Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany;c Department of Cognitive Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany;d Paul Ehrlich Institute, Federal Agency for Sera and Vaccines, 63225 Langen, Germany;e Department of Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany;f Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany;g Department of Neuroradiology, UKGM, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany |
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Abstract: | Reconsolidation studies have led to the hypothesis that memory, when labile, would be modified in order to incorporate new information. This view has reinstated original propositions suggesting that short-term memory provides the organism with an opportunity to evaluate and rearrange information before storing it, since it is concurrent with the labile state of consolidation. The Chasmagnathus associative memory model is used here to test whether during consolidation it is possible to change some attribute of recently acquired memories. In addition, it is tested whether these changes in behavioral memory features can be explained as modifications on the consolidating memory trace or as a consequence of a new memory trace. We show that short-term memory is, unlike long-term memory, not context specific. During this short period after learning, behavioral memory can be updated in order to incorporate new contextual information. We found that, during this period, the cycloheximide retrograde amnesic effect can be reverted by a single trial in a new context. Finally, by means of memory sensitivity to cycloheximide during consolidation and reconsolidation, we show that the learning of a new context (CS) during this short-term memory period builds up a new memory trace that sustains the behavioral memory update. |
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Keywords: | Cortisol Cytokines Endotoxin Memory Prolactin Sickness behavior |
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