Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the importance of mRNA transport in memory / M.R. Sanchez-Carbente, L. DesGroseillers -- Cap-dependent translation initiation and memory / J.L. Banko, E. Klann -- Translational control of gene expression: a molecular switch for memory storage / M. Costa- Mattioli, N. Sonenberg -- Regulation of hippocampus-dependent memory by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase / T. Abel, P.V. Nguyen -- 'Synaptic tagging' and 'cross-tagging' and related associative reinforcement processes of functional plasticity as the cellular basis for memory formation / S. Frey, J.U. Frey -- Synaptic plasticity in learning and memory: stress effects in the hippocampus / J.G. Howland, Y.T. Wang -- The role of the GluR-A (GluR1) AMPA receptor subunit in learning and memory / D.J. Sanderson ... [et al.] -- Synaptic remodeling, synaptic growth and the storage of long-tern memory in Aplysia / C.H. Bailey, E.R. Kandel -- Spine dynamics and synapse remodeling during LTP and memory processes / M. De Roo ... [et al.] -- The age of plasticity: developmental regulation of synaptic plasticity in neocortical microcircuits / A. Maffei, G. Turrigiano -- Differential mechanisms of transmission and plasticity at mossy fiber synapses / C.J. McBain -- Long-term synaptic plasticity in hippocampal feedback inhibitory networks / J.G. Pelletier, J.-C. Lacaille -- Persistent neural activity in the prefrontal cortex: a mechanism by which BDNF regulates working memory? / E.M. Galloway, N.H. Woo, B. Lu -- Animal models and behavior: their importance for the study of memory / V.F. Castellucci -- New tricks for an old slug: the critical role of postsynaptic mechanisms in learning and memory in Aplysia / D.L. Glanzman -- Olfactory memory traces in Drosphila / J. Berry, W.C. Krause, R.L. Davis -- Associative learning signals in the brain / W.A. Suzuki -- What are the differences between long-term, short term, and working memory? / N. Cowan -- Encoding-retrieval overlap in human episodic memory: a functional neuroimaging perspective / M.D. Rugg ... [et al.] -- Cognitive aging and increased distractibility: costs and potential benefits / M.K. Healey, K.L. Campbell, L. Hasher -- Characterizing the memory changes in persons with mild cognitive impairment / S. Belleville ... [et al.] -- Aging, metamemory regulation and executive functioning / M. Isringrini, A. Perrotin, C. Souchay -- Cognitive neuroscience studies of semantic memory in Alzheimer's disease / H. Chertkow ... [et al.] -- The effects of surgery and anesthesia on memory and cognition / N. Caza ... [et al.].

This selection of reviews gives an up-to-date picture of memory research. Great progress has been made in identifying the memory trace at the molecular and cellular level and individual reviews address the major mechanisms by which changes in synaptic strength can persist. Exciting research at the systems level is also reviewed including the growing importance of changes in inhibitory interneurons and how they play a role in memory formation. Finally, reviews present cognitive and neurobiological models of human memory that explain, characterize and organize the act of memory within a coherent framework. This book provides an unique overview that covers all perspectives and methodological approaches to memory. It includes a broad coverage of memory research from molecular to human studies in one source. Up-to-date reviews give the latest important ideas on memory formation.