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. 2014 Jun 26;7:61. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00061

Table 1.

The role of protein synthesis in memory consolidation and reconsolidation.

Structure Task Manipulation Consolidation or reconsolidation Effect on memory References
Amygdala Auditory/contextual fear conditioning Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Schafe and Ledoux, 2000
Amygdala Auditory/contextual fear conditioning Rapamycin Consolidation Impaired Parsons et al., 2006b
Amygdala Trace fear conditioning Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Kwapis et al., 2012
Amygdala Conditioned taste aversion Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Bahar et al., 2003
Amygdala Fear potentiated startle Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Yeh et al., 2006
Amygdala Inhibitory avoidance Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Milekic et al., 2007
Hippocampus Contextual fear conditioning Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Bourtchouladze et al., 1998
Hippocampus Contextual fear conditioning Rapamycin Consolidation Impaired Gafford et al., 2011
Hippocampus Inhibitory avoidance Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Taubenfeld et al., 2001
Hippocampus Morris water Maze Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Artinian et al., 2008
Hippocampus Object recognition memory Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Rossato et al., 2007
Hippocampus Object recognition memory Rapamycin Consolidation Impaired Jobim et al., 2012b
Prefrontal cortex Trace fear conditioning Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Reis et al., 2013
Insular cortex Conditioned taste aversion Anisomycin Consolidation Impaired Moguel-Gonzalez et al., 2008
Amygdala Auditory fear conditioning Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Nader et al., 2000
Amygdala Auditory fear conditioning Rapamycin Reconsolidation Impaired Parsons et al., 2006b
Amygdala Contextual fear conditioning Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Jarome et al., 2011
Amygdala Trace fear conditioning ? Reconsolidation ? ?
Amygdala Conditioned taste aversion Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Rodriguez-Ortiz et al., 2012
Amygdala Fear potentiated startle ? Reconsolidation ? ?
Amygdala Inhibitory avoidance Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Milekic et al., 2007
Hippocampus Contextual fear conditioning Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Debiec et al., 2002
Hippocampus Contextual fear conditioning Rapamycin Reconsolidation Impaired Gafford et al., 2011
Hippocampus Inhibitory avoidance Anisomycin Reconsolidation No effect Taubenfeld et al., 2001
Hippocampus Morris water Maze Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Artinian et al., 2008
Hippocampus Object recognition memory Anisomycin Reconsolidation Impaired Rossato et al., 2007
Prefrontal cortex Trace fear conditioning ? Reconsolidation ? ?
Insular cortex Conditioned taste aversion Anisomycin Reconsolidation No effect Garcia-DeLaTorre et al., 2009

?,Denotes that the role of protein synthesis has not been tested for this type of memory during the indicated stage of memory storage.