About the Book
The first edition of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory was published in 1998 to rave reviews. As before, this second edition will discuss anatomy, development, systems, and models though the organization and content is substantially changed reflecting advances in the field. Including information from both animal and human studies, this book represents an up-to-date review of the most important concepts associated with the basic mechanism that support learning and memory, theoretical developments, use of computational models, and application to real world problems. The emphasis of each chapter will be the presentation of cutting-edge research on the topic, the development of a theoretical perspective, and providing an outline that will aid a student in understanding the most important concepts presented in the chapter.
Table of Contents:
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
About the Author :
Raymond Kesner is currently a Full Professor at the University of Utah where he has been a faculty member for 40 years. His major research interests are in the theoretical and applied aspects associated with the neurobiological basis of learning and memory in both animals and humans. He has also concentrated on the development of animal models paralleling mnemonic symptomatology in brain damaged patients. Joe L. Martinez, Jr. is a Ewing Halsell Distinguished Chair at the University of Texas, San Antonio. His research focusses on the memory and the hippocampus with special attention to the opioid containing mossy fiver-CA3 projection. His recent work had identified important genes that are upregulated in the hippocampus following learning.
