Mechanisms of Memory - Edition 1 - By J. David Sweatt and J. David Sweatt Elsevier Educate

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Mechanisms of Memory,

Edition 1

By J. David Sweatt and J. David Sweatt

Publication Date: 16 Oct 2003

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This book stands as the first unified overview of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying higher-order learning and memory. It integrates modern discoveries concerning learning and memory disorders such as mental retardation syndromes and Alzheimer's Disease, while also emphasizing the results gained from the cutting-edge research methodologies of genetic engineering, complex behavioral characterization, proteomics, and molecular biology. This book provides a foundation of experimental design that will be useful to all students pursuing an interest in laboratory research. This book is an enlightening and invaluable resource for anyone concerned with memory mechanisms.

Key Features

* Presents a unified view of memory mechanisms from behavior to genes and drawing examples from many different brain regions, types of learning, and various animal model systems* Includes numerous practical examples for the new investigator on how to implement research program in the area of learning and memory* Provides a balanced treatment of the strengths and weaknesses in modern experimental design

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By J. David Sweatt, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA and J. David Sweatt, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Introduction - the basics of psychological learning and memory theoryRodent behavioral learning and memory modelsThe hippocampus serves a role in multimodal information processing, and memory consolidationLong-term Potentiation as a physiological phenomenonComplexities of Long-term PotentiationThe biochemistry of LTP inductionBiochemical mechanisms for short-term information storage at the cellular levelBiochemical mechanisms for long-term information storage at the cellular levelLTP does not equal memoryInherited disorders of human memory—mental retardation syndromesAging-related memory disorders—Alzheimer's DiseaseThe chemistry of perpetual memory

ISBN: 9780126789577

Page Count: 424

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Neuroscience graduate students and researchers interested in learning and memory, as well as neurologists and psychiatrists.

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