@article{25d0fab41c6640599fa63282a3878d09,
title = "Retrograde amnesia produced by subseizure amygdala stimulation",
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.",
author = "Gold, {Paul E.} and John Macri and McGaugh, {James L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Some of the evidence obtained in these studies indicates that amygdala stimulation interferes with memory processes which occur for some time after the training experience. For example, McDonough and Kesner (1971), Ilyutchenok and Vinnitsky (1971), and Lidsky et al. (1970) found that amygdala stimulation administered after training produces retrograde amnesia (RA). However, there is conflicting evidence regarding the question of whether amygdala stimulation must elicit brain seizures in order to produce RA. McDonough and Kesner (1971) and Ilyutchenok and Vinnitsky (1971) found that subseizure amygdala stimulation was an effective amnesic treatment. However, Lidsky et al. (1970) did not obtain RA with subseizure stimulation, but did obtain RA with seizure-eliciting stimulation. Furthermore, Kesner and 1Supported by Research Grant MH 12526 and Postdoctoral Fellowship 1 F02 MH-51265-01 PS from the National Institute of Mental Health and Undergraduate Support Research Fellowship CY-10031 from the National Science Foundation.",
year = "1973",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/S0091-6773(73)80128-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
pages = "671--680",
journal = "Behavioral Biology",
issn = "0091-6773",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "6",
}