The Hippocampus Book - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195100271 ISBN 13: 9780195100273

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2006

Riassunto

The hippocampus is one of a group of remarkable structures embedded within the medial temporal lobe of the brain. Long known to be important for memory, it has been a prime focus of neuroscience research for many years. The Hippocampus Book promises to facilitate developments in the field in a major way by bringing together, for the first time, contributions by leading international scientists working on hippocampal anatomy, physiology, and function. This authoritative volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of what the hippocampus does, how it does it and what happens when things go wrong. At the same time, it illustrates how research focusing on this single brain structure has revealed principles of wider generality for the whole brain in relation to anatomical connectivity, synaptic plasticity, cognition and behaviour, and computational algorithms. Well-organised in its presentation of both theory and experimental data, this peerless work vividly illustrates the astonishing progress that has been made in unravelling the workings of the brain. The Hippocampus Book is destined to take a central place on every neuroscientist's bookshelf.

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Recensione:

The Hippocampus Book arrives at just the right time to guide the next generation of 'hippocampal researchers'... it will remain on my desk for a long time to come. (Science Direct)

Contenuti:

• 1: Per Andersen, Richard Morris, David Amaral, Tim Bliss, and John O' Keefe: he Hippocampal Formation
• 2: Per Andersen, Richard Morris, David Amaral, Tim Bliss & John O'Keefe: Historical Perspective: Proposed Functions, Biological Characteristics and Neurobiological Models of the Hippocampus
• 3: David Amaral & Pierre Lavenex: Hippocampal Neuroanatomy
• 4: Michael Frotscher & Laszlo Seress: Morphological Development of the Hippocampus
• 5: Nelson Spruston & Chris McBain: Structural and Functional Properties of Hippocampal Neurons
• 6: Dimitri Kullmann: Synaptic Function
• 7: Pavel Osten, William Wisden & Rolf Sprengel: Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the Hippocampus: Neurotransmitter Exocytosis, Glutamatergic, GABAergic and Cholinergic Transmission
• 8: Eberhard Buhl & Miles Whittington: Local Circuits
• 9: Elizabeth Gould: Structural Plasticity
• 10: Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge & Richard Morris: Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus
• 11: John O'Keefe: Hippocampal Neurophysiology in the Behaving Animal
• 12: Craig Stark: Functional Role of the Human Hippocampus
• 13: Richard Morris: Theories of Hippocampal Function
• 14: Neil Burgess: Computational Models of the Spatial and Mnemonic Functions of the Hippocampus
• 15: Richard Morris: Stress and the Hippocampus
• 16: Matthew Walker, Dennis Chan & Maria Thom: Hippocampus and Human Disease

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195100271
• ISBN 13: 9780195100273
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 872
• Redattore: Andersen Per, Morris Richard, Amaral David, Bliss Tim, O'Keefe John