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Zusatztext excellent and readable book ... full marks to author and publisher Klappentext This is the first book on the neurobiology of learning and memory that covers comprehensively all levels of analysis! from molecules to brain! in both invertebrates and vertebrates! from molluscs to man. The book addresses in a provocative! stimulating! and lucid manner the major questions! concepts! and experimental approaches in the biology of learning and memory! and describes! analyses! and integrates recent findings and hypotheses. The result is a fascinating! clear! and balanced picture of the state of the art at one of the frontiers of brain research. Zusammenfassung Covers the levels of analysis, from molecules to brain, addresses the questions, concepts, and experimental approaches in the biology of learning and memory, and describes, analyses, and integrates findings and hypotheses. It is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, and for neuroscientists seeking an overview of the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis THE CONCEPTUAL AND EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK: Some basic notions and their ontogenesis; Paradigms and research tools; Biological universals, and the rationale for a 'bottom-up' strategy; WINDOWS TO MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS: Cellular and mnemonic devices detected in relatively simple nervous systems: 1. The case of Aplysia; 2. The case of Hermissenda; A cellular mnemonic device in the mammalian brain: long-term potentiation; A different approach: neurogenetics; On the life span of molecules and memories; WINDOWS TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEMORY SYSTEMS: On the complexity of internal representations; In search of the topography of engrams; Fragments of engrams and of memory systems in the vertebrate brain; The establishment of innately predisposed representations in sensitive periods: 1. Imprinting; 2. Bird song; The generation of complex internal representations by sensory impressions, and their use: 1. Lessons from monkeys and vision; 2. Amnesias, further clues to our own memories; Epilogue: The integration of levels of biological organization in memory, and the transformation of universal mechanisms to unique experiences; Appendix; Bibliography....
