Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102496

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102496

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Neural network underlying memory erasure. Memory expression can easily be reduced through the process of extinction, which involves repeated presentations of cues involved in that memory but without any outcome. In adult animals (including humans), it is widely accepted that extinction leads to a temporary inhibition of the original memory that remains largely unaltered. Remarkably, extinction causes erasure in juvenile rodents so that the original memory is permanently reduced. This is because the normal maturational changes in the brain result in fundamental developmental differences in the neural network underlying extinction. This project aims to map out this network across life, and also to reproduce the juvenile network in adult rats to erase memories via extinction in adulthood.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $355,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks | Psychology

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