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An integrated approach to long-term memory formation

Reference	S19573
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Paul Benjamin
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Richard Andrew, Professor Michael O'Shea
Institution	University of Sussex
Department	Biology and Environmental Science
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	763,100
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2003
End date	31/08/2006
Duration	41 months

Abstract

We have a poor understanding of the processes of memory formation and adaptive behaviour in animals because it is difficult to integrate molecular, cellular, systems and behavioural levels of analysis. We propose an integrated approach to the problem of memory formation by studying a molluscan system in which feeding is conditioned by a single pairing of neutral chemical stimulus with a reinforcing food stimulus. We will study how and when cellular and molecular changes that represent the memory trace are acquired in a neural network. Precisely how changes produce modified behaviour will be analysed by experimentally manipulating properties of the network and by constructing a computational model that simulates the system.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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