Article ; Online: Evidence for novelty reward cross-cueing in the odor span task in rats: implications for odor-based reward-motivated tasks.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)
2024 Volume 31, Issue 1-2
Abstract: The odor span task (OST) infers working memory capacity (WMC) by requiring rodents to discriminate between previously presented and session-novel odors to obtain a hidden food reward. Here, rats' responses to session-novel odors and food rewards were ... ...
Abstract | The odor span task (OST) infers working memory capacity (WMC) by requiring rodents to discriminate between previously presented and session-novel odors to obtain a hidden food reward. Here, rats' responses to session-novel odors and food rewards were assessed to determine whether rats use mitigating strategies in the OST. Rats accurately responded to session-novel odors but also reliably responded to the food reward alone and performed at chance when both a session-novel odor and food reward were presented in separate locations. The inclusion of unscented sand in the cups holding the food reward significantly reduced the rats' responses to the food reward alone. Collectively, these results demonstrate the need for rigorous tests of potential mitigating strategies and hold wide implications for rodent odor discrimination-based behavioral tasks. |
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MeSH term(s) | Rats ; Animals ; Odorants ; Memory, Short-Term/physiology ; Cues ; Motivation ; Reward ; Smell/physiology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-29 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1204777-6 |
ISSN | 1549-5485 ; 1072-0502 |
ISSN (online) | 1549-5485 |
ISSN | 1072-0502 |
DOI | 10.1101/lm.053871.123 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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