Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory Formation (Paperback)

Christian Hoelscher

ISBN 10: 052101803X / ISBN 13: 9780521018036

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005

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Paperback. Long-term potentiation (LTP) is by far the most dominant model for neuronal changes that might encode memory. LTP is an elegant concept that meets many criteria set up by theoreticians long before the model's discovery, and it also fits anatomical data of learning-dependent synapse changes. Since the discovery of LTP, the question has remained about how closely LTP produced in vitro by artificial stimulation of neurons actually models putative learning-induced synaptic changes. A number of recent investigations have tried to correlate synaptic changes observed after learning with changes produced by artificial stimulation of neurons. These studies have failed to find a correlation between the two forms of synaptic plasticity. In this book, an international group of neurobiologists and psychologists discuss their latest ideas and data. The results of experiments using electrophysiological techniques in vitro are discussed and compared with the results of in vivo experiments. Learning experiments are also discussed. Theoretical models such as the Hebb theory of synaptic changes during learning are compared to different models that do not predict upregulation of synaptic transmission. A wide approach is taken, and research and models in different brain areas such as the neocortex and the basal brain are discussed. In this book, an international group of neurobiologists and psychologists discuss their latest findings and data which both support and challenge the long-term potentiation (LTP) model that suggests learning induces changes in communications between neurons. Essential reading for researchers and graduate students working in neuroscience, psychology and physiology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titre: Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory Formation (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052101803X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521018036
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

An international group of scientists discuss the latest work on long-term potentiation (LTP), a model for encoding memory.

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Long-term potentiation (LTP) is by far the most dominant model for neuronal changes that might encode memory. LTP is an elegant concept that meets many criteria set up by theoreticians long before the model's discovery, and it also fits anatomical data of learning-dependent synapse changes. Since the discovery of LTP, the question has remained about how closely LTP produced in vitro by artificial stimulation of neurons actually models putative learning-induced synaptic changes. A number of recent investigations have tried to correlate synaptic changes observed after learning with changes produced by artificial stimulation of neurons. These studies have failed to find a correlation between the two forms of synaptic plasticity. In this book, an international group of neurobiologists and psychologists discuss their latest ideas and data. The results of experiments using electrophysiological techniques in vitro are discussed and compared with the results of in vivo experiments. Learning experiments are also discussed. Theoretical models such as the Hebb theory of synaptic changes during learning are compared to different models that do not predict upregulation of synaptic transmission. A wide approach is taken, and research and models in different brain areas such as the neocortex and the basal brain are discussed.