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  • Title: Facilitation of conditioned odor aversion by entorhinal cortex lesions in the rat.
    Author: Ferry B, Oberling P, Jarrard LE, Di Scala G.
    Journal: Behav Neurosci; 1996 Jun; 110(3):443-50. PubMed ID: 8888989.
    Abstract:
    This study examined the role of the entorhinal cortex (EC) in conditioned odor aversion learning (COA). Lateral EC lesions did not impair but rather facilitated COA. In the experiments the delay separating the odor cue presentation from the subsequent toxicosis was varied during acquisition. EC-lesioned rats demonstrated COA for delays up to 2 hr, whereas sham-operated rats displayed COA only if toxicosis immediately followed the odor cue. This facilitation was not dependent on the intensity of the odor and corresponded to a facilitated long-delay learning. EC lesion did not affect conditioned taste aversion, confirming that the facilitation effect does not correspond to a general facilitation of conditioned aversion learning. Taken together, these results indicate that the removal of the EC may allow odor-toxicosis associations across longer delays by extending the duration of the olfactory trace.
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