High beta rhythm amplitude in olfactory learning signs a well-consolidated and non-flexible behavioral state.

ABSTRACT: Beta rhythm (15-30 Hz) is a major candidate underlying long-range communication in the brain. In olfactory tasks, beta activity is strongly modulated by learning but its condition of expression and the network(s) responsible for its generation are unclear. Here we analyzed the emergence of beta activity in local field potentials recorded from olfactory, sensorimotor and limbic structures of rats performing an olfactory task. Rats performed successively simple discrimination, rule transfer, memory recall tests and contingency reversal. Beta rhythm amplitude progressively increased over learning in most recorded areas. Beta amplitude reduced to baseline when new odors were introduced, but remained high during memory recall. Intra-session analysis showed that even expert rats required several

SUBMITTER: Fourcaud-Trocme N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937317 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature