Social Transmission of Food Preference
Objective: Assess hippocampal-dependent social learning through food preference transmission in rats with dentate gyrus-specific knockdown of adult neurogenesis
This is a Social Transmission of Food Preference protocol using rat as the model organism. The procedure involves 1 procedural steps. Extracted from a 2009 paper published in Learning & Memory.
Model and subjects
rat • Not specified • male • adult • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Social Transmission of Food Preference Test
Primary readouts
- Food preference transmission between animals
- Hippocampal-dependent social learning ability
- Effects of reduced neurogenesis on social learning
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Social Transmission of Food Preference Test
Conduct social transmission of food preference behavioral test on rats with dentate gyrus-specific knockdown of adult neurogenesis
Note: This test is described as a behavioral test that depends on hippocampal function
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“Social transmission of food preference, a behavioral test that also depends on hippocampal function, was not affected by knockdown of neurogenesis”