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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2024

Sex differences in the context dependency of episodic memory.

Aliza A Le, Linda C Palmer, Jasmine Chavez, Christine M Gall, Gary Lynch

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lasting effects of early-life oxytocin treatment on LTP and episodic memory in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  2. The how and why for multiple forms of hippocampal LTP.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2026
    Review
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  4. Contributions of site- and sex-specific LTPs to everyday memory.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Aliza A Le *Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Linda C Palmer *Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Jasmine ChavezDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Christine M GallDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Gary LynchDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.

Funding

Epilepsy Research Training ProgramT32NS045540 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Tallie Z. Baram, Robert F Hunt · 2003 to 2026
$4.9M
Postnatal Oxytocin Treatment and Cognitive Function in FragileXR01HD101642 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI GALL, CHRISTINE M, LYNCH, GARY S · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD101642NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS045540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Context contributes to multiple aspects of human episodic memory including segmentation and retrieval. The present studies tested if, in adult male and female mice, context influences the encoding of odors encountered in a single unsupervised sampling session of the type used for the routine acquisition of episodic memories. The three paradigms used differed in complexity (single vs. multiple odor cues) and period from sampling to testing. Results show that males consistently encode odors in a context-dependent manner: the mice discriminated novel from previously sampled cues when tested in the chamber of initial cue sampling but not in a distinct yet familiar chamber. This was independent of the interval between cue encounters or the latency from initial sampling to testing. In contrast, female mice acquired both single cues and the elements of multi-cue episodes, but recall of that information was dependent upon the surrounding context only when the cues were presented serially. These results extend the list of episodic memory features expressed by rodents and also introduce a striking and unexpected sex difference in context effects.

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behaviorcontextepisodic memoryfemalemouseobject recognitionsex differencesunsupervised learning

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PMID38516050
PMCPMC10956361

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