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Science 7 January 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4017, pp. 87 - 89
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4017.87
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Theta Rhythm: A Temporal Correlate of Memory Storage Processes in the Rat

Philip W. Landfield 1, James L. McGaugh 1, and Ronald J. Tusa 1

1 Department of Psychobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine 92664

We examined the amount of theta rhythm (4 to 9 hertz) in cortical electroencephalograms of rats for 30 minutes after training in one-trial tasks. Some animals received electroconvulsive shock after training. The amount of theta in the electroencephalogram after training was positively correlated with the degree of subsequent retention of a footshock, whether animals had received electroconvulsive shock or not.


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