Aversive olfactory associative memory loses odor specificity over time

Avoiding associatively learned predictors of danger is crucial for survival. Aversive memories can, however, become counter-adaptive when they are overly generalized to harmless cues and contexts. In a fruit fly odor–electric shock associative memory paradigm, we found that learned avoidance lost it...

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Autores principales: König, Christian, Antwi-Adjei, Emmanuel, Ganesan, Mathangi, Kilonzo, Kasyoka, Viswanathan, Vignesh, Durairaja, Archana, Voigt, Anne, Yarali, Ayse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.155317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.155317

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