Memory Consolidation

by Gold, Paul E.; McGaugh, James L.; Greenough, William T.

• ISBN13: 9781557987839
• ISBN10: 1557987831
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Celebrates the contributions James McGaugh has made to the field. Presents experiments and research giving provocative insight into the workings of human neurobiology. For researchers and practitioners in psychobiology of memory.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
About James L. McGaugh	p. xv
Introduction: Evolution of Memory Consolidation	p. 3
Orchestration of Consolidation: Overture and Coda	p. 7
It's About Time	p. 17
Synapse-Specific Gene Expression of the IEG Arc: Insights Into Molecular Processes in Memory Consolidation	p. 35
Morphological and Molecular Studies of Synaptic Memory Mechanisms: Links to the Fragile X Mental Retardation Syndrome	p. 59
Consolidation of Short- and Long-Term Memory	p. 79
Time-Dependent Processes in Memory Formation Revisited	p. 113
Neural Pathways Mediating the Modulation of Learning and Memory by Arousal	p. 129
Contribution of Brainstem Structures in Modulating Memory Storage Processes	p. 141
Epinephrine Modulation of Memory: Amygdala Activation and Regulation of Long-Term Memory Storage	p. 165
Cortical Cholinergic Modulation in Memory Formation	p. 185
Amygdala Modulation of Multiple Memory Systems	p. 201
Neurochemical Referees of Dueling Memory Systems	p. 219
Process-Oriented View of Amygdala and Hippocampus: Mediation of Reward Value and Spatial Location Information	p. 249
Learning and Neural Plasticity Over the Life Span	p. 275
A Neuroholographic Model of Memory: Theta Rhythms, Facilitation, and Calcium Channels	p. 295
Memory Codes: New Concept for Old Problem	p. 321
The Publications by James L. McGaugh	p. 343
Author Index	p. 375
Subject Index	p. 389
About the Editors	p. 401
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