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Description
Identification of Neural Markers Accompanying Memory is a fresh and novel volume of memory study, providing up-to-date and comprehensive information for both students and researchers focused on the identification of neural markers accompanying memory. Contributions by experts in specific areas of memory study provide background on and definitions of memory, memory alterations, and the brain areas involved in memory and its related processes, such as consolidation, retrieval, forgetting, amnesia, and antiamnesiac effects. With coverage of the principal neurotransmitters related to memory, brain disorders presenting memory alterations, and available treatments—and with discussion of neural markers as new targets for the treatment of memory alterations—Identification of Neural Markers Accompanying Memory is a necessary and timely work for researchers in this growing field.
Key Features
- Discusses the alterations of memory in diverse diseases
- Includes coverage from a basic introduction of memory investigation
- Reviews brain areas and neurotransmitters involved in memory
- Discusses behavioral models of memory
- Contains novel insights into the complexity of signaling and memory
- Includes the neuropharmacological and neurobiological bases of memory
Readership
Students, academics, and industry researchers working in the area of memory investigation
Table of Contents
Dedication
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
Neurotransmitters and Memory: Introduction
References
2. Neurotransmitters and Memory: Cholinergic, Glutamatergic, GaBAergic, Dopaminergic, Serotonergic, Signaling, and Memory
Neurotransmitters and Memory
5-HT Systems and Neurobiological Markers Related to Memory Systems
5-HT Neural Markers and Memory
Brain Areas, Biochemical Pathways, Cognitive-Enhancing Effects of 5-HT Receptor Drugs
5-HT Pathways, Receptors, and Transporter: Memory Functions and Dysfunctions
Protocols of Training/Testing, Memory Tasks, and Drugs
Loci, Mechanisms of Action, and Memory Tasks
Memory Tasks and Signaling
Brain Areas, Neurotransmitters Systems, Drugs: Cognitive and Behavioral Demand of Memory Tasks and Protocols of Training: a Final Consideration
Signaling and Memory
Acknowledgments
References
3. The Role of GABA in Memory Processes
Introduction
GABA Receptors
GABA and Its Correlation with Memory
References
4. Involvement of Glutamate in Learning and Memory
Introduction*
Glutamate Receptors
Glutamate, Memory, and HF
Conclusions
References
5. Dopamine and Memory
Pharmacology of Dopamine
Anatomy of the Dopaminergic System
Basal Ganglia
Working Memory
Reinforcement Learning
Dopamine and Neural Plasticity
Dopamine and Memory Consolidation
Conclusions
References
6. Unpacking Memory Processes: Using the Attribute Model to Design Optimal Memory Tests for Rodent Models
Introduction
Attribute Model
Applying the Attribute Model
Conclusions
References
7. Protein Synthesis and Memory: A Word of Caution
Acknowledgments
References
8. Basic Elements of Signal Transduction
Details
- No. of pages:
- 180
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © 2014
About the author
Alfredo Meneses
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Pharmacobiology, CINVESTAV (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Mexico
Reviews
"...delivers concise up-to-date information for students in neuroscience with clearly demarcated chapters authored by experts in their respective fields..."
"Pharmacologists, neurologists, and psychologists summarize the current status of research into memory for students in these and related disciplines. The topics include neurotransmitters and memory, the involvement of glutamate in learning and memory, using the attribute model to design optimal memory tests for rodent models,…"--ProtoView.com, April 2014