title: Updating stored memory requires adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
abstract: Adult hippocampal neurogenesis appears to influence hippocampal functions, such as memory formation for example. While adult hippocampal neurogenesis is known to be involved in hippocampal-dependent learning and consolidation processes, the role of such immature neurons in memory reconsolidation, a process involved in the modification of stored memories, remains unclear. Here, using a novel fast X-ray ablation protocol to deplete neurogenic cells, we have found that adult hippocampal neurogenesis is required to update object recognition stored memory more than to reinforce it. Indeed, we show that immature neurons were selectively recruited to hippocampal circuits during the updating of stored information. Thus, our data demonstrate a new role for neurogenesis in cognitive processes, adult hippocampal neurogenesis being required for the updating of stored OR memories. These findings suggest that manipulating adult neurogenesis may have a therapeutic application in conditions associated with traumatic stored memory, for example.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suárez-Pereira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera Km 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Ángel M
authors.initials: ÁM
authors.lastname: Carrión
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D051379:Mice; D023421:Models, Animal; D055495:Neurogenesis; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000378:metabolism