Neural plasticity and memory : from genes to brain imaging /: from genes to brain imaging. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni.
• Other Names: Bermúdez-Rattoni, Federico
• Contents: SEARCHING FOR MEMORY IN THE BRAIN: CONFRONTING THE COLLUSION OF CELLS AND SYSTEMS, J.L. McGaugh; One Hundred and Fifty Years of Controversy; The Great Debate: What is Learned - Knowledge or Responses?; Brain Systems and Forms of Memory; Brain Systems and Memory Functions; Cells and Systems; Two Centuries of Progress in Research on Brain and Memory; References; ; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION AND DEPRESSION AS PUTATIVE MECHANISMS FOR MEMORY FORMATION, M.L. Escobar and B. Derrick; Introduction; Long-Lasting Forms of Synaptic Modification: A Methodological Approach; LTP and LTD: Triggering, Expression, and Maintenance Mechanisms; Persistent Synaptic Plasticity: A Metaplastic Point of View; The Role of Activity-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Brain Function; Substrates of LTP and LTD - Structural Plasticity; Neurotrophins and Synaptic Plasticity; Experience-Dependent Modifications - Is LTP Involved in Learning and Memory?; Outstanding Questions and New Directions; ; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY UNDERLYING LONG-TERM MEMORY FORMATION, V. Ramirez-Amaya; Early Signals; Ca2+ and its transducer; Immediate early genes; Trophic Factors; Conclusions; ; MODIFICATION OF BRAIN CIRCUITS THROUGH EXPERIENCE, M.R. Rosenzweig; Brain Plasticity Discovered through Serendipity; Unexpected Discovery of Brain Plasticity; Cerebral Effects of Experience Occur in All Species Tested; Enriched Environments and the Brain; Neurochemical Cascades Underlie Modification of Neural Circuits; Acknowledgments; References; ; PRESYNAPTIC STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY AND LONG-LASTING MEMORY: FOCUS ON THE LEARNING-INDUCED REDISTRIBUTION OF HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBERS, J.L. Rekart, M.R. Holahan, and A. Routtenberg; Learning And Structural Plasticity; Hippocampal Granule Cell Axon Terminals And Learning; Mechanisms Of Presynaptic Structural Plasticity; The Presynaptic Disparity: Anti-Boutonism or a Biological Reality?; ; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF TASTE MEMORY, T. Yamamoto and Y. Yasoshima; Introduction; CTA paradigm; Enhanced response to the CS; Alteration of responses reflecting hedonic shift; CS-US association; Importance of amygdala in CTA formation; Involvement of reward system; Summary; ; CHANGES IN NEUROTRANSMITTERS EXTRACELLULAR LEVELS DURING MEMORY FORMATION, M.I. Miranda; Introduction; The Free Moving Microdialysis Technique; Acetylcholine Release During Motor Activity, Attention, and Novelty; Novelty and Other Neurotransmitter Release; Lesions and Blockade of Cholinergic Activity During Memory Formation; Acetylcholine and Long Term Memory Tasks; Noradrenaline Release During Memory Formation; Glutamate and GABA Release During Memory Formation; Conclusions; ; REVERSIBLE BRAIN INACTIVATION OF BRAIN CIRCUITS IN LEARNING AND MEMORY RESEARCH, M. Gallo; Introduction; The Brain Lesion Approach and the Dynamic Nature of Learning and Memory Systems; Reversible Inactivation Techniques; Learning Behavioral Models and Reversible Inactivation Techniques; Dissociating Independent Learning and Memory Processes; Summary; ; ENHANCED LEARNING PROTECTS THE BRAIN AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF AMNESIC TREATMENTS, R.A. Prado-Alcalá, R. Salado-Castillo, C. Quiroz, M.E. Garín-Aguilar, A. Díaz-Trujillo, S. Rivas-Arancibia, and G.L. Quirarte; Introduction; Protective Effect of Enhanced Training; Two Models; Conclusions; References; ; STUDIES ON SHORT-TERM AVOIDANCE MEMORY, M. Cammarota, L.R.M. Bevilaqua, J.H. Medina, I. Izquierdo; Summary; Introduction; STM and LTM: Parallel or Sequential?; The Role of the Hippocampus in Avoidance STM and LTM; The Role of the Entorhinal Cortex in Avoidance STM and LTM; The Role of Other Cortical Areas and of the Amygdala in IA's Memory; Neurobiological Separation of Short and Long Term Avoidance Memory; STM and LTM are Behaviorally Different; The Biochemistry of Short Term Memory; Pharmacological Analysis of IA's Working Memory; Conclusions; References; ; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION OR UPDATING CONSOLIDATION? C.J. Rodriguez-Ortiz and F. Bermudez-Rattoni; Abstract; The Consolidation Hypothesis; The Reconsolidation Era; On the Restraints of the Reconsolidation Hypothesis; Are Consolidation and Reconsolidation the Same Process?; The Reconsolidation Hypothesis Reconsidered: The Updating; Consolidation Proposal; Acknowledgments; References; ; MEMORY IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH STRESS AND AGING, C. Sandi; The Concept Of Stress; The Physiological Stress Response; Stress And Memory Function; Acute Stress And Memory Impairment; Neurobiological Mechanisms Involved In The Acute Effects Of Stress On Memory; Impairing Effects Of Chronic Stress On Cognitive Function; Neurobiological Mechanisms Involved In The Deleterious Effects Of Chronic Stress On Brain And Behavior; Stress And Aging; Aging; Memory Deficits In The Aging Human Population; Neurobiological Mechanisms Associated To Age-Related Cognitive Decline In Humans; Memory Deficits In Aged Rodents; Aging And Structural And Functional Plasticity; Conclusions; References; ; ADRENAL STRESS HORMONES AND ENHANCED MEMORY FOR EMOTIONALLY AROUSING EXPERIENCES, C.K. McIntyre and B. Roozendaal; Introduction; Stress Hormone Effects on Memory Consolidation; Stress Hormones Selectively Enhance Memory Consolidation of Emotionally Arousing Experiences; Involvement of the Amygdala in Mediating Stress Hormone Effects on Memory Consolidation; Role of Emotional Arousal-Induced Noradrenergic Activation Within the Amygdala in Enabling Epinephrine and Glucocorticoid Effects on Memory Consolidation; Conclusions; ; NEURO-IMMUNE ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING, G. Pacheco-López, M.-B. Niemi, H. Engler, and M. Schedlowski; Abstract; Introduction; Phenomenon: The Association Between Exteroceptive and Immune Stimuli; Theoretical Framework for Neuro-Immune Associative Learning; Neurobiology of Neuro-Immune Associative Learning; Biological Relevance of Neuro-Immune Associative Learning; Clinical relevance of neuro-immune associative learning; Summary and future perspective; References; ; HUMAN BRAIN IMAGING STUDIES OF EMOTIONAL MEMORY: UNCOVERING INFLUENCES OF SEX AND HEMISPHERE, L. Cahill; Abstract; Introduction; The Amygdala-- Built to Modulate; Human Subject Studies Relating Amygdala Activity to Emotional Memory; An Aside on Sex Differences in the Brain; Sex-Related Influences on the Amygdala Relation to Memory for Emotional Events; Sex Difference in Human Amygdala Functional Connectivity at Rest; Potential Relationship of the Sex-Related Amygdala Hemispheric Specialization to Hemispheric Global/Local Processing Bias; Some Implications for Disease States; Summary
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (339 pages, [4] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8/23312; Memory -- Physiological aspects; Neuroplasticity; Neurobiology; Memory -- physiology; Neuronal Plasticity -- physiology; SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science; Memory -- Physiological aspects; Neurobiology; Neuroplasticity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420008418; 1420008412
• Related ISBNs: 9780849390708; 0849390702
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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