PACAP modulates the consolidation of social recognition memory

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a pleiotropic bioactive peptide that has a broad spectrum of biological functions including neurotransmitter, neurotrophic and neuroprotective. Moreover, it has been suggested that PACAP plays an important role in the modulation of social behavior as well as on the consolidation and extinction of fear conditioning memory.