The Hippocampus BookPer Andersen, Department of Physiology Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Per Andersen, Richard Morris, David Amaral, Professor Department of Psychiatry David Amaral, John O'Keefe, Tim Bliss, Professor Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience John O'Keefe, Division of Neurophysiology Tim Bliss The hippocampus is one of a group of remarkable structures embedded within the brain's medial temporal lobe. 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 knowledgeable about 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 behavior, and computational algorithms. Well-organized in its presentation of both theory and experimental data, this peerless work vividly illustrates the astonishing progress that has been made in unraveling the workings of the brain. The Hippocampus Book is destined to take a central place on every neuroscientist's bookshelf. |
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Contents
The Hippocampal Formation | 3 |
Chapter | 9 |
Events in Memory 738 | 14 |
of Connections 108 | 37 |
References | 188 |
Synaptic Function | 203 |
Chapter 7 | 243 |
Eberhard Buhl and Miles Whittington | 343 |
11 | 460 |
Chapter 11 | 475 |
Sensory Cues | 518 |
the Hippocampus in Episodiclike Memory | 687 |
References | 694 |
Chapter 14 | 715 |
Feedback Models | 721 |
Mechanisms | 412 |
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The Hippocampus Book Per Andersen,Richard Morris,David Amaral,Tim Bliss,John O'Keefe Limited preview - 2006 |
The Hippocampus Book Per Andersen,Richard Morris,David Amaral,Tim Bliss,John O'Keefe Limited preview - 2006 |
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