Publications [#251827] of Warren G. Hall

Journal Articles

1. King, C; Hall, WG (1990). Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation.. Behavioral neuroscience, 104(5), 796-807. [2244986], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/25)

   Abstract:
   Habituation of an orienting response in rat pups was used to study the development of the anterior commissure (AC) and its role in olfactory memory. Six- and 12-day-old pups received odor presentations to one side of their olfactory system and were tested later for habituation to additional presentations made to either the trained or untrained side. Six-day-old pups remembered only on the trained side. Twelve-day-old pups remembered when tested on either side. Transection of the AC in 12-day-old pups before, but not after, training prevented the transfer of memory. Thus, between 6 and 12 days of age, olfactory cross-projections carried in the AC mature and provide a functional substrate for transfer, at the time of training, of a form of olfactory learning.