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Science 6 November 1987:
Vol. 238. no. 4828, pp. 786 - 788
DOI: 10.1126/science.3672125
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Science, Vol 238, Issue 4828, 786-788
Copyright © 1987 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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New routes to early memories

D Kucharski and WG Hall

Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706.

Stimulation of one side of the olfactory system during training with odor-milk pairings in neonatal rats results in their ability to recall an odor memory by using the trained but not the untrained side of the brain. In 12-day-old rats, olfactory learning can be recalled by stimulation of either the trained or untrained side. The development of bilateral recall reflects the maturation of olfactory commissural pathways that provide access to the olfactory memory stored on the contralateral side. Furthermore, the commissural pathways need not be present at the time of memory formation but can establish new and specific access to already existing olfactory memories.


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