A long-term memory for food odors in the Land snail, Achatina fulica

Roger P. Croll; Ronald Chase

doi:10.1016/S0091-6773(77)91554-1

A long-term memory for food odors in the Land snail, Achatina fulica

Roger P. Croll, Ronald Chase

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Abstract

Two groups of Achatina fulica were fed either cucumber or carrot for 86 days. When subsequently tested in a Y-maze olfactometer, each group oriented preferentially toward the odor of that food which it had previously eaten. Two separate measures showed that the memory for these odors lasted 120 days. This represents a new form of behavioral plasticity for gastropod molluscs and offers attractive advantages for the study of neuronal mechanisms in learning and memory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-268
Number of pages	8
Journal	Behavioral Biology
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0091-6773(77)91554-1
Publication status	Published - Feb 1977
Externally published	Yes

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2 Supported by grants to R. Chase from the National Research Council of Canada and the Quebec Ministry of Education.

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A long-term memory for food odors in the Land snail, Achatina fulica

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