title: The hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and selective memory retrieval: evidence from a rodent model of the retrieval-induced forgetting effect.
abstract: Inhibition is an important component of many cognitive functions, including memory. For example, the retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) effect occurs when extra practice with some items from a study list inhibits the retrieval of the nonpracticed items relative to a baseline condition that does not involve extra practice. Although counterintuitive, the RIF phenomenon may be important for resolving interference by inhibiting potentially competing retrieval targets. Neuroimaging studies suggest that the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex are involved in the RIF effect, but controlled lesion studies have not yet been performed. We developed a rodent model of the RIF training procedure and trained control rats and rats with temporary inactivation of the hippocampus or medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Rats were trained on a list of odor cues, presented in cups of digging medium with a buried reward, followed by additional practice trials with a subset of the cues. We then tested the rats' memories for the cues and their association with reward by presenting them with unbaited cups containing the test odorants and measuring how long they persisted in digging. Control rats exhibited a robust RIF effect in which memory for the nonpracticed odors was significantly inhibited. Thus, extra practice with some odor cues inhibited memory for the others, relative to a baseline condition that involved an identical amount of training. Inactivation of either the hippocampus or the mPFC blocked the RIF effect. We also constructed a computational model of a representational learning circuit to simulate the RIF effect. We show in this model that "sideband suppression" of similar memory representations can reproduce the RIF effect and that alteration of the suppression parameters and learning rate can reproduce the lesion effects seen in our rats. Our results suggest that the RIF effect is widespread and that inhibitory processes are an important feature of memory function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
authors.forename: Jade Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Greg J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rittner
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003463:Cues; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009812:Odorants; D055696:Olfactory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists; D009118:Muscimol
keywords: hippocampus; interference; prefrontal cortex; retrieval inhibition
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