Prefrontal cortex activity patterns during taste neophobia habituation in adult and aged rats Navarro Expósito, Alejandro Morillas, Enrique Gómez-Chacón, Beatriz Gallo, Milagros Flavor Recognition memory Infralimbic Prelimbic Dorsal peduncular Aging Age-related memory decline has been associated with changes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) function. In order to explore the role of mPFC in taste recognition memory, we have assessed mPFC c-Fos immunoreactivity in adult (5-month-old) and aged (24-month-old) male Wistar rats during the first (Novel), second (Familiar I), and sixth (Familiar II) exposure to a cider vinegar solution. Adult brains showed higher c-Fos expression in the ventral but not the dorsal region of mPFC during the second taste exposure. Interestingly, old brains exhibited an altered activity pattern selectively in the dorsal peduncular cortex (DP) which can be associated with a delayed attenuation of vinegar neophobia in this group. These results support the involvement of this area in the formation of safe taste memory. Further research is needed for understanding the role of DP in taste recognition memory and the impact of aging on it. 2024-01-30T09:33:33Z 2024-01-30T09:33:33Z 2020-08-07 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10481/87562 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112717 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elservier