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Zicong Oct 22, 2012

Zicong Oct 22, 2012. “Our lab studies olfaction in human subjects and in machines (electronic noses) . Our main goals are: to elucidate the systems-level neurobiological mechanisms of olfactory processing to elucidate ways in which chemical sensing effects human health and behavior”.

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Zicong Oct 22, 2012

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  1. Zicong Oct 22, 2012

  2. “Our lab studies olfaction in human subjects and in machines (electronic noses) . Our main goals are: to elucidate the systems-level neurobiological mechanisms of olfactory processing to elucidate ways in which chemical sensing effects human health and behavior” PhD student AnatArzi and Prof. Noam Sobel

  3. Introduction • During sleep, humans can strengthen previously acquired memories, but whether they can acquire entirely new information remains unknown. • The nonverbal nature of the olfactory sniff response, in which pleasant odors drive stronger sniffs and unpleasant odors drive weaker sniffs, allowed us to test learning in humans during sleep.

  4. Introduction • The unique interaction between sleep and smell allowed us to revisit the question of learning during sleep by applying differential partial-reinforcement trace conditioning between tones and odors during sleep. • (1) Although non-trigeminal odors presented during sleep do not wake, they nevertheless modulate the sensory-motor component of olfaction, namely sniffing. • (2) The sniff response, an odorant-specific change in nasal airflow in which pleasant odors drive stronger sniffs and unpleasant odors drive weaker sniffs, provides a nonverbal implicit measure of processing. • (3) During wake, the sniff response can be conditioned to a tone, such that different tones then drive different sniffs. • (4) Trace conditioning is considered to be a marker for hippocampal-dependent learning.

  5. Design of trace conditioning Unpleasant pleasant

  6. sigma delta EEG spectral analysis verified sleep during learning

  7. Sniff response revealed learning during sleep

  8. The sniff response revealed learning during NREM and REM sleep

  9. Discussion • Partial trace conditioning between tones and odors with varying pleasantness during sleep resulted in learning of a new behavior, namely pleasantness-dependent tone-induced sniffs, which persisted throughout the night and into ensuing wake. • Although night-time effects were stronger during REM sleep, transfer to wake was absent following REM sleep–only conditioning.

  10. Discussion • Transfer from NREM and REM sleep to wake: • The power of this dissociation remains limited by the inclusion of subjects who had instances of wake or arousal in this analysis. • Although we can state that subjects were later unaware of the learning process, our statements on lack of awareness during learning are limited by the resolution of global EEG.

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