The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
by Jerry W. Rudy
3rd Edition
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781605359342 |
| eText ISBN | 9781605359359 |
| Publisher | Sinauer Associates |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 3rd Edition |
| Language | English |
The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 3rd Edition, offers an interdisciplinary synthesis linking psychological concepts and behavioral methods with synaptic plasticity and systems neuroscience. The textbook frames memory as an evolving biological narrative, explaining how neural mechanisms encode, organize, and store individual experience.
The volume examines the synaptic changes that support long-term potentiation, the molecular pathways governing memory consolidation and forgetting, and the distinct neural systems that support episodic memories, fear responses, and habit formation.
Written to remain accessible to readers with minimal previous background in neurobiology or psychology, the chapters clarify theoretical principles and experimental findings through full-color photographs and informative figures.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Foundations
Chapter 2: Memory and the Brain: Central Concepts
Chapter 3: Generating Long-Term Potentiation
Chapter 4: Stabilizing Long-Term Potentiation
Chapter 5: Consolidating LTP: Translation and Transcription
Chapter 6: Consolidating LTP: Specific Mechanisms
Chapter 7: Maintaining Long-Term Potentiation
Chapter 8: Bringing It All Together
Chapter 9: Making Memories: Conceptual Issues and Methodologies
Chapter 10: Memory Formation: Early Stages
Chapter 11: Memory Consolidation
Chapter 12: Memory Modulation Systems
Chapter 13: The Yin and Yang of Memory: Forgetting versus Maintenance
Chapter 14: Hunting for Engrams
Chapter 15: The Fate of Retrieved Memories
Chapter 16: Memory Systems and the Hippocampus
Chapter 17: The Hippocampus Index and Episodic Memory
Chapter 18: When Memories Age
Chapter 19: Actions, Habits, and the Cortico-Striatal System
Chapter 20: Learning about Danger: The Neurobiology of Fear Memories
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