Temporary Inactivation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Impairs the Formation, but not the Retrieval of Social Odor Recognition Memory in Rats.

•Chemogenetic inactivation of the medial prefrontal cortex impairs social odor recognition memory.•The formation, but not the retrieval of olfactory recognition memory requires activation of the prefrontal cortex.•Future circuit-based studies should investigate the connections between mPFC, perirhinal and orbitofrontal cortex.