Retrograde amnesia produced by subseizure amygdala stimulation

Paul E. Gold; John Macri; James L. McGaugh

doi:10.1016/S0091-6773(73)80128-2

Retrograde amnesia produced by subseizure amygdala stimulation

Paul E. Gold, John Macri, James L. McGaugh

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Abstract

Rats received low-level bilateral electrical stimulation of the amygdala after training on a one-trial inhibitory (passive) avoidance task. The stimulation did not produce brain seizures. Animals which received the stimulation 5 sec or 1 hr, but not 6 hr, after training had retrograde amnesia as measured on a retention test 24 hr later. The amnesia was permanent over an 8 day period. Following extinction and retraining, amygdala stimulation produced retrograde amnesia only in animals which had complete amnesia (i.e., animals which performed at the naive level) for the first training experience.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	671-680
Number of pages	10
Journal	Behavioral Biology
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0091-6773(73)80128-2
State	Published - Dec 1973
Externally published	Yes

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