Brain and Memory: Modulation and Mediation of Neuroplasticity

by James L. McGaugh (Editor), Norman M. Weinberger (Editor), Gary Lynch (Editor)

Overview

We are approaching the end of the first century of attempts to discover how the brain enables us to acquire, retain, and use information based on experience. The past several decades especially have witnessed an ever accelerating pace of research. This increase is due in large part to the development of new techniques for the analysis of brain and behavior. But, to a greater extent, these advances have been fueled by some seminal findings and the accumulation of knowledge based on systematic inquiry in many laboratories around the world. This important volume, authored by internationally renowned leaders in the field, is a progress report on this burgeoning work. What processes underlie the formation of new memories? What determines their strength? Where are the changes underlying memory located? In judging recent progress, this book looks at what we have learned about each of these questions. Furthermore, the contributors look at how these questions are rephrased and refined by new findings, hypotheses, and theories. Topics include: emotion and memory, aging and memory, plasticity of the cerebral cortex, and synaptic connectivity and memory. This book will be welcomed by neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and cognitive scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195082944
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/23/1995
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

all at the University of California, Irvine

Table of Contents

PART 1: Emotion and Memory1. Neural Systems of Emotion: The Amygdala's Role in Fear and Anxiety, Michael Davis, Serge Campeau, Munsoo Kim, and William A. Falls2. Modulation of Emotional and Non-Emotional Memories: Same Pharmacological Systems, Different Neuroanatomical Systems, Paul E. Gold3. Psychophysiology of Emotional Memory Networks in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Roger K. Pitman and Scott P. Orr4. Emotion's Multiple Effects on Memory, Daniel Reisberg and Friderike Heuer5. Emotional Memory: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, Norman M. WhitePART 2: Aging and Memory6. Cognition and Hippocampal Systems in Aging: Animal Models, Michela Gallagher, Alan H. Nagahara, and Rebecca D. Burwell7. Animal Models of Multiple Neurotransmitter Interactions in Alzheimer's Disease, Vahram Haroutunian, W. Wallace, A.C. Santucci, and K.L. Davis8. Retention of Function in the Aged Brain: The Pivotal Role of Beta-amylid Carl W. Cotman and Aileen J. Anderson9. Models of Age-Related Memory Decline, Fred H. Gage10. Non-Genetic Factors in the Individuality of Brain Aging: Cell Numbers, Developmental Environment, and Disease, Caleb E. FinchPART 3: Cortical Plasticity11. The Dynamic Nature of Adult Visual Cortex, Charles Gilbert and Corinna Darian-Smith12. The Plasticity of Sensory Representations in Adult Primates, Jon H. Kaas13. In Vitro Studies of Visual Cortical Plasticity, Keisuke Toyama, Y. Komatsu, and M. Tanifuji14. Mechanisms of Learning, Memory, and Plasticity in Adult Sensory Cortex, Mike Calford15. Gradients of Cortical PlasticityPART 4: LTP and Memory, Joaquin M. Fuster16. Hippocampal Synaptic Enhancement as a Basis for Learning and Memory: A Selected Review of Current Evidence from Behaving Animals, Carol A. Barnes, C.A. Erickson, S. Davis, and B.L. McNaughton17. Neural Mechanisms of Associative Memory: Role of Long-Term Potentiation, Serge Laroche, Valerie Doyere, Catherine Redini-Del Negro, and Francois Burette18. Parallel Properties of LTP and Memory, Ursula V. Staubli19. On the Relevance of LTP to Learning and Memory, Yadin Dudai20. Is LTP a Plausible Basis for Memory?, C.R. Gallistel

Editorial Reviews

"Much of the material can be found scattered elsewhere, but there are at least two advantages of having it collected in this volume: the juxtapositioning of straight neuroscience and biomedical research, and the way the authors have structured an interplay of research reports with commentaries."—The Quarterly Review of Biology

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