"The expression of allocentric object-place recognition memory during development".

In conclusion, although rats might be able to form allocentric neuronal representations of space already earlier, only from PD18 on, such representations are used to organize spatial behavior, with a motivational shift from familiarity to novelty-driven navigation occurring during adolescence.
PMID: 31173799 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Behavioural Brain Research - June 3, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Contreras MP, Born J, Inostroza M Tags: Behav Brain Res Source Type: research