Brain organization and memory : cells, systems, and circuits / edited by James L. McGaugh, Norman M. Weinberger, Gary Lynch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGaugh, James L.

Weinberger, Norman M.

Lynch, Gary.

University of California, Irvine. Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Congresses.

Memory.

Cerebral cortex--Physiology--Congresses.

Cerebral cortex.

Neural circuitry--Congresses.

Neural circuitry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume summarizes findings on the brain systems that underlie memory. The book reviews progress in understanding forms of memory in animals and humans and the interaction of cortical and sub cortical systems in the regulation of memory.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Neurobiology of Memory: The Significance of Anomalous Findings; I: Forms of Memory; II: Regulation of Cortical Function in Memory; III: Representations: Beyond the Single Cell; Index

Notes:

Based on the third conference organized by the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory of the University of California, Irvine, held at Irvine on Oct. 14-17, 1987.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-280-52637-8

0-19-802217-4

OCLC:

476006458