Aplysia

Aplysia
Author: Nellie Barbara Eales
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1921
Genre: Aplysia
ISBN:

Concise Learning and Memory

Concise Learning and Memory
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 889
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080877869

The study of learning and memory is a central topic in neuroscience and psychology. Many of the basic research findings are directly applicable in the treatment of diseases and aging phenomena, and have found their way into educational theory and praxis. Concise Learning and Memory represents the best 30 chapters from Learning and Memory: A comprehensive reference (Academic Press March 2008), the most comprehensive source of information about learning and memory ever assembled, selected by one of the most respective scientists in the field, John H. Byrne. This concise version provides a truly authoritative collection of overview articles representing fundamental reviews of our knowledge of this central cognitive function of animal brains. It will be an affordable and accessible reference for scientists and students in all areas of neuroscience and psychology. There is no other single-volume reference with such authority and comprehensive coverage and depth currently available. - Represents an authoritative selection of the fundamental chapters from the most comprehensive source of information about learning and memory ever assembled, Learning and Memory - A comprehensive reference (Academic Press Mar 2008) - Representing outstanding scholarship, each chapter is written by a leader in the field and an expert in the topic area - All topics represent the most up to date research - Full color throughout, heavily illustrated - Priced to provide an affordable reference to individuals and workgroups

Invertebrate Learning and Memory

Invertebrate Learning and Memory
Author: Robert D. Hawkins
Publisher: Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128071648

Whereas short-term (minutes) plasticity is either presynaptic or postsynaptic, long-term (days) plasticity involves synaptic remodeling and growth, which require both presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms. In addition, an intermediate-term stage has been identified that lasts tens of minutes and involves the recruitment of synaptic proteins but not growth. These findings have raised two fundamental questions: How are the different stages of plasticity related, and when and how does plasticity spread from one side of the synapse to both sides? Studies of the mechanisms of short-term and intermediate-term facilitation in Aplysia have begun to answer these questions. Intermediate-term facilitation is the first stage to involve both presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms. Furthermore, increased spontaneous transmitter release from the presynaptic neuron during the short-term stage acts as an anterograde signal to recruit postsynaptic mechanisms of intermediate-term facilitation, which may be first steps in a cascade that can lead to synaptic growth during long-term facilitation.

Model Neural Networks and Behavior

Model Neural Networks and Behavior
Author: Allen Selverston
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1475758588

The most conspicuous function of the nervous system is to control animal behav ior. From the complex operations of learning and mentation to the molecular con figuration of ionic channels, the nervous system serves as the interface between an animal and its environment. To study and understand the fundamental mecha nisms underlying the control of behavior, it is often both necessary and desirable to employ biological systems with characteristics especially suitable for answering specific questions. In neurobiology, many invertebrates have become established as model systems for investigations at both the systems and the cellular level. Large, readily identifiable neurons have made invertebrates especially useful for cellular studies. The fact that these neurons occur in much smaller numbers than those in higher animals also makes them important for circuit analysis. Although important differences exist, some of the questions that would be tech nically impossible to answer with vertebrates can become experimentally tractable with invertebrates.

Research Grants Index

Research Grants Index
Author: National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1358
Release: 1971
Genre: Medicine
ISBN: