PMID- 1822146 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19920828 LR - 20191028 IS - 0792-6855 (Print) IS - 0792-6855 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 4 DP - 1991 Oct-Dec TI - Recognition cue in the rat's social memory paradigm. PG - 315-27 AB - The cue used by an adult resident rat for recognition of a just met juvenile in the social memory paradigm was assessed by manipulating the amount of olfactory information and enhancing the recognition with arginine8-vasopressin (AVP). Social recognition was impaired in anosmic resident rats, suggesting that the recognition cue is olfactory in nature. Washed juveniles were recognized by AVP but not placebo treated residents, independently of whether after washing they were marked with previously collected urine of the residents or not. Preputialectomized juveniles were recognized neither by placebo nor by AVP treated residents. The results suggest that the scents originating from the preputial gland of the juvenile serve as the recognition cue in the social memory paradigm of rats. FAU - Popik, P AU - Popik P AD - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology, Krakow. FAU - Vetulani, J AU - Vetulani J FAU - Bisaga, A AU - Bisaga A FAU - van Ree, J M AU - van Ree JM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol JT - Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology JID - 9101750 RN - 113-79-1 (Arginine Vasopressin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arginine Vasopressin/*pharmacology MH - Male MH - Memory/drug effects/*physiology MH - Odorants MH - Olfaction Disorders/chemically induced MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Smell/*physiology EDAT- 1991/10/01 00:00 MHDA- 1991/10/01 00:01 CRDT- 1991/10/01 00:00 PHST- 1991/10/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1991/10/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1991/10/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1515/jbcpp.1991.2.4.315 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 1991 Oct-Dec;2(4):315-27. doi: 10.1515/jbcpp.1991.2.4.315.