PMID- 21921211 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120118 LR - 20211020 IS - 1549-5485 (Electronic) IS - 1072-0502 (Print) IS - 1072-0502 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Dorsal and ventral striatal protein synthesis inhibition affect reinforcer valuation but not the consolidation of instrumental learning. PG - 617-24 LID - 10.1101/lm.2269911 [doi] AB - The evidence for a role of the striatum in the acquisition of uncued instrumental responding is ambiguous. It has been shown that post-session infusions of anisomycin into the core of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) impaired instrumental acquisition, but pre-training lesions of the NAcc suggest that it is not necessary. Recently, we demonstrated that the infusion of anisomycin into the anterior cingulate cortex impaired instrumental acquisition indirectly through a taste aversion. Thus, we hypothesized that post-session anisomycin infusions into the NAcc affected instrumental acquisition through an effect on reinforcer valuation. For the dorsal striatum, both post-session infusions of anisomycin and pre-training lesion studies suggest that neither the dorsolateral nor the dorsomedial striatum is necessary for the acquisition of instrumental responding. However, it has not been attempted to block plasticity in both regions concurrently, and we hypothesized that both regions independently contribute to acquisition through goal-directed and habitual learning. In the current experiments, we first replicated the effect of unprotected post-session anisomycin infusions into the NAcc on instrumental acquisition. Subsequently, we investigated the effect of protein synthesis inhibition in the NAcc and dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum concurrently on instrumental acquisition, critically controlling for effects on reinforcer valuation. The anisomycin infusions induced an aversive state, but did not affect instrumental acquisition. FAU - Jonkman, Sietse AU - Jonkman S AD - Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. sj306@cam.ac.uk FAU - Everitt, Barry J AU - Everitt BJ LA - eng GR - G0001354/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - G0600196/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - G1002231/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - 9536855/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110915 PL - United States TA - Learn Mem JT - Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) JID - 9435678 RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 0 (Protein Synthesis Inhibitors) RN - 6C74YM2NGI (Anisomycin) RN - 7CVR7L4A2D (maltodextrin) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Anisomycin/pharmacology MH - Conditioning, Operant/drug effects/*physiology MH - Corpus Striatum/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects MH - Polysaccharides/administration & dosage MH - Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - *Reinforcement, Psychology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC3187930 EDAT- 2011/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/19 06:00 PMCR- 2012/10/01 CRDT- 2011/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 18/10/617 [pii] AID - JonkmanLM22699 [pii] AID - 10.1101/lm.2269911 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Learn Mem. 2011 Sep 15;18(10):617-24. doi: 10.1101/lm.2269911. Print 2011 Oct.