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  • Title: Early inhibitory learning in the rat. I. Learning and memory development.
    Author: Myslivecek J, Hassmannová J.
    Journal: Dev Psychobiol; 1990 Mar; 23(2):119-28. PubMed ID: 2365135.
    Abstract:
    The present status of knowledge on early inhibitory learning and memory is presented. The inhibitory learning (passive avoidance) can be mastered by rat pups several hours after parturition, provided specific characteristics of the newborn organism and its neurobehavioral capabilities are respected. The curve of numbers of trials to criterion displays, as already reported earlier, a generally decreasing trend which is, however, interrupted by a temporary inversion in both strains studied, but at different time, taking place in Long Evans between postnatal day 1 and 2, which is shifted in Wistar pups one day later. Present data show significant learning differences between strains at postnatal days 1-4; from day 5 onward no significant differences are evidenced up to postnatal day 11. A reliable 24-hour memory shown by positive values of the retention index (RI) is revealed from postnatal day 4, having in Long Evans higher RI values. Moreover, high positive RIs of 24-hour memory are found in animals trained on the day just before the inversion of the learning development. It is conjectured that the indirect development of the early inhibitory learning is due to the developmental reorganization within CNS, and the necessity to find out its underlying mechanisms is emphasized.
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