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Science 13 December 1996:
Vol. 274. no. 5294, pp. 1909 - 1914
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5294.1909
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Quantal Duration of Auditory Memories

Sek Jin Chew, *dagger David S. Vicario, dagger Fernando Nottebohm dagger ddagger

Neuronal responses in the caudomedial neostriatum (NCM) of adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) decreased upon repeated, unreinforced presentations of conspecific song, calls, or other complex sounds. This "stimulus-specific habituation" is a form of learning, and its spontaneous loss, a form of "forgetting." Spontaneous forgetting occurred only at narrowly defined times (2 to 3, 6 to 7, 14 to 15, 17 to 18.5, 46 to 48, or 85 to 89 hours after first exposure to a stimulus), determined by stimulus class, number of presentations, and interval between presentations. The first five forgetting times coincided with periods when gene expression and protein synthesis in NCM were required for maintenance of the longer lasting (85 to 89 hours) habituation. The number of successive episodes of gene expression induced by a stimulus, but occurring long after stimulus presentation, appears to determine the quantal duration of auditory memories.

Laboratory of Animal Behavior, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
*   Present address: Singapore National Eye Center, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 0316, Singapore.

dagger    All three authors contributed equally to this work.

ddagger    To whom correspondence should be addressed at Rockefeller University Field Research Center, Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, New York, NY 12545, USA.

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