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LEARNING AND MEMORY
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Øyvind Høydal
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What is learning and memory?
knowledge or skills and/or changes in behaviour as
a result of experience.
learned knowledge, skills or behaviours.

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mation and skills are stored within the networks
of neurons in the brain.
neurons communicate with eachother.
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Cellular plasticity in learning
and memory
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Aplysia californica as a model system for
cellular learning and memory
mammalian
brain is a formidable challenge due to the enormous number of
neurons and
the complexity of synaptic connections.
because:
- Neurons are quite few (20 000) and can be identified in the
circuit.
- Neurons are rather big, making them readily accessable

for in vivo intracellular recordings
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The gill-siphon reflex in aplysia offers a great
opportunity to link changes in neurons and
synapses with a behavioral output.
is applied to the siphon, the
slug responds by withdrawing
its gill.
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Gill-siphon-withdrawal reflex

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Tactile
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The synapse and some common forms of short-
term synaptic plasticity
two APs arrive at the axon terminal
within a short interval of time. Increased Ca+ -influx causes
more transmitter substance to be
released.
sustained stimulation. A possible
mechanism might be depletion of neurotransmitter-containing
vesicles in the presynaptic neuron.
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tetanic, acts over minutes) are other forms
of short-term plasticity that enhance transmitter release due to
prolonged and increased Ca+ levels.
NMDA
AMPA
AMPA
Na+
AP
Ca+ Ca+ Ca
+
Na+
Na+
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Habituation in Aplysia
harmful nor

beneficial.
is touched repeatedly, the snail will
eventually stop
withdrawing its gill.
the habituating
effect on behaviour is likely to be mediated by a change in the
efficacy of the
synapse between the sensory neuron and the motoneuron.
Motor neurons
Sensory neurons
Gill withdrawal
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Habituation in Aplysia
A possible mechanism for the short-term habituating effect is
that presynaptic
Ca2+ channels become less sensitive with repeated stimulation.
Long-term habituation involves a decrease in the number of

synaptic contacts
between the sensory neurons and the motoneurons.
Control sensory neuron
Habituated sensory neuron
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Long-term habituation
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Current
Tactile

Sensitization: Increased response to harmful stimulus and
stimuli concurrent to the harmful
stimulus.
In Aplysia: touching the siphon while applying electric shock to
the tail, causes enhanced
response to subsequent siphon stimulation.
Sensitization in Aplysia
Gill reflex
Stimulus
One single tail shock gives short term
(minutes) while repeting shock gives a
lasting sensitization (weeks).
Before sensitization After sensitization
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G
R AdC

ATP
cAMP
PKA
K+
G
PLC
DAG
PKC
Sensory
neuron
Motor neuron
Interneuron
Short and middle term sensitization
PKA
Glutamate
Seretonin
Voltage sensitive
calcium channel
Potassium

channel
Ca 2+
Potassium
channel
Potassium
channel
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1. Tail shock: facilitating interneurons active.
2. Facilitating interneurons release 5-HT
onto the presynaptic terminal of the
sensory neuron
3. 5-HT binds to G-protein coupled
receptors to activate adenylate cyclase.
5. cAMP activates PKA which
phosphorylates K+ channels. This

causes K+ channels to close. Now:
a) cells stay depolarised longer
b) and release more neurotransmitter
6. The synapses are more efficient in
transmitting information
4. Adenylate cyclase makes cAMP from
ATP
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Long-term sensitization
tivity for several
minutes.
activity (and thus the behavioural response), can be
strengthened for several days.
-term response requires protein synthesis.

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R
G
AdC
ATP
cAMP
PKA PKA
MAPK
PKA
CREB1
CREB2
CRE
K+
K+
Interneuron

Sensory
neuron
Motor
neuron
Protein
synthesis
Mechanisms for long-term sensitization
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Molecular mechanisms for long-term sensitization
Release of serotonin from interneuron which binds to G-protein
coupled receptors on
sensory neuron.
G-protein activates adenylate cyclase
Adenylate cyclase transforms ATP to cAMP
cAMP activates PKA
PKA recruites MAPK

PKA activates CREB1
MAPK deactivates CREB2, wich when active inhibits CREB1.
CREB1 bindes to CRE wich induce transcription of genes
involved in synaptic growth and
development.
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Normal neuron Sensitized neuron
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Structural changes in long-term habituation and
long-term sensitization
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-to-motor pathway in Aplysia serves as a
prime example of how changes in synapses can lead to
a changed (learned) behavior.

humans? Can these also be explained by changes in
synaptic transmission?
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Molecular mechanisms for LTP
channels

currents, but the pore is blocked by
Mg2+ unless the cell is depolarised.
requirements to act as coincidence
detectors.
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LTP induction (early phase)

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LTP induction (late phase)
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Structural changes associated with LTP
P causes existing spines to split or enlarge.
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Ca2+ to
activate kinases (phosphorylating enzymes). These kinases
cause
higher activity in AMPA receptors, more AMPA receptors to be
included in the membrane, and synthesis of proteins involved
with
making new spines etc.
efficient at
activating the postsynaptic cell.
at some
point LTP would reach its limits.
strength, is
termed long term depression (LTD).
so depend on the NMDA receptor.
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LTD
of Ca2+ that enters the cell.
arrives, alot of Ca2+ will enter to activate kinases.
This results in LTP.
activates phosphatases (enzymes that dephosphorylates
proteins). This causes reduction of AMPA receptor
activity and density and, in the long term, a decrease in
number of dendritic spines. The result is thus a long term
depression (LTD) of the synapse.
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Spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP)
ore the postsynaptic cell fires an action potential, it is
highly
depolarised. This relieves the Mg2+ block from the NMDAR.
Thus, if the signal
from the presynaptic cell arrives just before the postsynaptic
cell fires, large
amounts of Ca2+ will enter the postsynaptic cells, and the result
will be LTP.
potential, it is
hyperpolarised. If the signal from the presynaptic cell arrives at
this point, little
Ca2+ will enter the postsynaptic cell, and the result will be
LTD.
presynaptic spiking
activity relative to the postsynaptic activity, this phenomena has
been termed
spike timing dependent plasticity.
connections between neurons that are active
simultaneously will
be strengthened. The connections between asynchronized
neurons will be
weakened.

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LTP has several features that makes it an
attractive candidate as a cellular mechanism for
learning and memory
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Questions to be answered if we want to know if
LTP really is a cellular mechanism for learning
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induction, will it also affect learning and memory?

LTP?
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Effects of manipulating LTP
studied using the Morris water-maze
task.
-knockout mice show impaired
LTP and deficits in spatial learning
Tsien et al., 1996

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Effects of manipulating LTP
LTP.
the drug ZIP erases both LTP and
memory.
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Does LTP accompany learning?
hippocampus

ControlShock
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Effects of saturating LTP prior to learning
spatial learning.
memory.
Moser et al., 1998
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Does learning occlude subsequent LTP
in vivo
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From LTP/LTD to memory
plasticity, and seemingly it is very much involved with
learning and memory.
formation of complex memories?
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Hebbian learning theory
repeatedly or
persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or

metabolic change
takes place in one or both cells so that A’s efficiency as one of
the cells firing
B is increased».
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Hebbian learning theory
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= ”Cirkel”
External
stimulus
Cell assembly

Activation in cell
assembly
Reverberating
Activity in
Cell assembly
Hebbian
modification
Hebbian learning Memory / Engram
Partly activating
of network gives
Activation in whole
Bear 2008
reciprocal connections
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2006 2007
Leutgeb & Moser, Neuron, 2007
David Marr:
Pattern
separation
(1969)
Different memories are stored as different
patterns
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Emotions and memories
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Good luck on your exam!!!!
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Running Head: Planning for Retirement
Planning for Retirement
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Planning for Retirement
AB 104- Personal Financial Management
Kaplan University

Parvin Hasanova Oskouie
Instructor: Gita Srinivasan
November 12, 2013
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financial planner when necessary.References
Elmerraji, J. 2009. Retirement Planning: Introduction. USA:
Cengage Learning.
Forbes. 2013. Personal Finance Information and Personal
Finance News. [online] Available at:
http://www.forbes.com/finance/ [Accessed: 12 Nov 2013].
Telegraph.co.uk. 2013. Personal finance news, how to make
money, how to save money - Telegraph. [online] Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/ [Accessed:
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