Conditioned taste aversion with sucrose and tactile stimuli in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Ryo Kawai; Hiroshi Sunada; Tetsuro Horikoshi; Manabu Sakakibara

doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.003

Conditioned taste aversion with sucrose and tactile stimuli in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2004 Sep;82(2):164-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.003.

Authors

Ryo Kawai¹, Hiroshi Sunada, Tetsuro Horikoshi, Manabu Sakakibara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Science and Technology, School of High-Technology for Human Welfare, Tokai University, Numazu 410-0321, Shizuoka, Japan.

PMID: 15341802
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.06.003

Abstract

A new form of taste aversion conditioning was established in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. An associative memory, lasting 24h, was produced in the pond snail with 20 pairings of 100 mM sucrose as the conditioned stimulus (CS) and mechanical stimulation to the head as the unconditioned stimulus (UCS). Animals exposed to reverse pairings of the CS and UCS failed to learn the association. The learning was characterized by a shift in the response to the UCS from a whole-body withdrawal response to the cessation of feeding behavior.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Association Learning / physiology*
Avoidance Learning / physiology*
Conditioning, Classical / physiology*
Cues
Snails / physiology*
Sucrose
Sweetening Agents
Taste / physiology*
Touch / physiology*

Substances

Sweetening Agents
Sucrose