Abstract
In species as diverse as mollusks, insects, birds, and mammals memories are highly dynamic and cover phases from seconds to a lifetime. In honey bees as in other species, the induction of distinct memory phases depends on parameters like the number and succession of the training trials. Employing techniques developed to monitor and manipulate the activity of signaling cascades in intact honey bees, training parameters could be linked to temporal modulations of signaling cascades that contribute to distinct memory phases. This analysis uncovered a dynamic network of signaling events in the antennal lobes (ALs) and the mushroom bodies (MBs) that are required for defined aspects of both, the induction and the maintenance of distinct memory phases.
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Abbreviations
- eLTM:
-
Early phase LTM
- lLTM:
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Late phase LTM
- LTM:
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Long-term memory
- MTM:
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Mid-term memory
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- OA:
-
Octopamine
- CS:
-
Conditioned stimulus
- US:
-
Unconditioned stimulus
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Müller, U. (2012). The Molecular Biology of Learning and Memory – Memory Phases and Signaling Cascades. In: Galizia, C., Eisenhardt, D., Giurfa, M. (eds) Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2099-2_31
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