Strengthening a consolidated memory: The key role of the reconsolidation process

The reconsolidation hypothesis posits that the presentation of a specific cue, previously associated with a life event, makes the stored memory pass from a stable to a reactivated state. In this state, memory is again labile and susceptible to different agents, which may either damage or improve the...

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Autores principales: Forcato, C., Fernandez, R.S., Pedreira, M.E.
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spelling todo:paper_09284257_v108_n4-6_p323_Forcato2023-10-03T15:47:24Z Strengthening a consolidated memory: The key role of the reconsolidation process Forcato, C. Fernandez, R.S. Pedreira, M.E. Declarative memory Memory reconsolidation Mismatch Strengthening function Translational applications n methyl dextro aspartic acid receptor accuracy amnesia cognition cognitive rehabilitation declarative memory drug dependence episodic memory GABAergic system human learning memory memory consolidation memory disorder memory reconsolidation memory strengthening mental performance neuromodulation nonhuman reinforcement Review stress animal long term memory memory physiology recall time Animals Humans Memory Mental Recall Retention (Psychology) Time Factors The reconsolidation hypothesis posits that the presentation of a specific cue, previously associated with a life event, makes the stored memory pass from a stable to a reactivated state. In this state, memory is again labile and susceptible to different agents, which may either damage or improve the original memory. Such susceptibility decreases over time and leads to a re-stabilization phase known as reconsolidation process. This process has been assigned two biological roles: memory updating, which suggests that destabilization of the original memory allows the integration of new information into the background of the original memory; and memory strengthening, which postulates that the labilization-reconsolidation process strengthens the original memory. The aim of this review is to analyze the strengthening as an improvement obtained only by triggering such process without any other treatment. In our lab, we have demonstrated that when triggering the labilization-reconsolidation process at least once the original memory becomes strengthened and increases its persistence. We have also shown that repeated labilization-reconsolidation processes strengthened the original memory by enlarging its precision, and said reinforced memories were more resistant to interference. Finally, we have shown that the strengthening function is not operative in older memories. We present and discuss both our findings and those of others, trying to reveal the central role of reconsolidation in the modification of stored information. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Fil:Forcato, C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Pedreira, M.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09284257_v108_n4-6_p323_Forcato
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topic Declarative memory
Memory reconsolidation
Mismatch
Strengthening function
Translational applications
n methyl dextro aspartic acid receptor
accuracy
amnesia
cognition
cognitive rehabilitation
declarative memory
drug dependence
episodic memory
GABAergic system
human
learning
memory
memory consolidation
memory disorder
memory reconsolidation
memory strengthening
mental performance
neuromodulation
nonhuman
reinforcement
Review
stress
animal
long term memory
memory
physiology
recall
time
Animals
Humans
Memory
Mental Recall
Retention (Psychology)
Time Factors
spellingShingle Declarative memory
Memory reconsolidation
Mismatch
Strengthening function
Translational applications
n methyl dextro aspartic acid receptor
accuracy
amnesia
cognition
cognitive rehabilitation
declarative memory
drug dependence
episodic memory
GABAergic system
human
learning
memory
memory consolidation
memory disorder
memory reconsolidation
memory strengthening
mental performance
neuromodulation
nonhuman
reinforcement
Review
stress
animal
long term memory
memory
physiology
recall
time
Animals
Humans
Memory
Mental Recall
Retention (Psychology)
Time Factors
Forcato, C.
Fernandez, R.S.
Pedreira, M.E.
Strengthening a consolidated memory: The key role of the reconsolidation process
topic_facet Declarative memory
Memory reconsolidation
Mismatch
Strengthening function
Translational applications
n methyl dextro aspartic acid receptor
accuracy
amnesia
cognition
cognitive rehabilitation
declarative memory
drug dependence
episodic memory
GABAergic system
human
learning
memory
memory consolidation
memory disorder
memory reconsolidation
memory strengthening
mental performance
neuromodulation
nonhuman
reinforcement
Review
stress
animal
long term memory
memory
physiology
recall
time
Animals
Humans
Memory
Mental Recall
Retention (Psychology)
Time Factors
description The reconsolidation hypothesis posits that the presentation of a specific cue, previously associated with a life event, makes the stored memory pass from a stable to a reactivated state. In this state, memory is again labile and susceptible to different agents, which may either damage or improve the original memory. Such susceptibility decreases over time and leads to a re-stabilization phase known as reconsolidation process. This process has been assigned two biological roles: memory updating, which suggests that destabilization of the original memory allows the integration of new information into the background of the original memory; and memory strengthening, which postulates that the labilization-reconsolidation process strengthens the original memory. The aim of this review is to analyze the strengthening as an improvement obtained only by triggering such process without any other treatment. In our lab, we have demonstrated that when triggering the labilization-reconsolidation process at least once the original memory becomes strengthened and increases its persistence. We have also shown that repeated labilization-reconsolidation processes strengthened the original memory by enlarging its precision, and said reinforced memories were more resistant to interference. Finally, we have shown that the strengthening function is not operative in older memories. We present and discuss both our findings and those of others, trying to reveal the central role of reconsolidation in the modification of stored information. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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title Strengthening a consolidated memory: The key role of the reconsolidation process
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