Section I Approaches to understanding the neurobiological basis of learning and memory.
Chapter 1 Historical perspective
Mark Rosenzweig, University of California, Berkeley
Chapter 2 Developmental approaches to memory process
Julie A. Markham, James E. Black and William T. Greenough, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Chapter 3 Genetics in learning and memory
Yalin Wang, Josh Dubnau, Tim Tully, and Yi Zhong, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Chapter 4 Gene expression in learning and memory
Joe L. Martinez, Kenira J. Thompson, and Angela, M. Sikorski, University of Texas San Antonio, Texas.
Chapter 5 Mnemonic contributions of hippocampal place cells
Sheri Mizumori, D.M. Smith and C.B. Puryear, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Chapter 6 Computations in memory systems in the brain
Edmund T.Rolls, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Chapter 7 Modulation of learning and memory by adrenal and ovarian hormones
Donna L. Korol and Paul Gold, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign/
Section II The contribution of neural systems in mediating learning and memory
Chapter 8 Neurobiological views of memory
Raymond P. Kesner, University of Utah, Utah
Chapter 9 The medial temporal lobe and memory
Alison R. Preston and Anthony D. Wagner, Stanford University-Stanford, California
Chapter 10 Bootstrapping your brain: How interactions between the frontal cortex and basal ganglia may produce organized actions and lofty thoughts
Earl K Miller and Timothy J. Buschman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chapter 11 Role of the striatum in learning and memory
Michael E. Ragozzino, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Chapter 12 Neural systems involved in fear and anxiety based on the fear potentiated startle test
Michael Davis, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Chapter 13 Cerebellar learning
Tatsuya Ohyama and Michael D. Mauk—University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
Section III Applications of the importance of learning and memory to applied issues
Chapter 14 Reward and drugs of abuse
Ryan T. LaLumiere and Peter W. Kalivas, Medical University, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Chapter 15 Aging and memory
Carol Barnes and Marsha Penner, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona
Chapter 16 Neurodegenerative diseases and memory (treatment approach)
Gary Wenk, Ohio State University ,Columbus, Ohio
Chapter 17 Enhancement of learning and memory performance: Modality specific mechanisms of action
Stephen C. Heinrichs, Boston College, Chestnmut Hills, Massachusetts