The Neural and Molecular Bases of Learning
Dahlem Workshop Report
Published on 8. April 1987
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-471-91569-0 (ISBN)
Description
All organisms show adaptive changes in their responses to variation in internal and external milieu. Learning includes several forms of behavioural changes. Biophysical, molecular and genetic bases for learning are being elucidated in simpler systems. Due to the rapid process in these and allied fields in recent years a new synthesis is called for and an attempt should be made to look for cellular and molecular rules common to all forms of learning. This book covers the key issues discussed and conveys the sense of excitement that the discourse generated during the workshop.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
940 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-91569-0 (9780471915690)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The Dahlem Konferenzen; In Memoriam Nakaakira Tsukahara; Introduction; Activity-dependent Regulation of Gene Expression; The Acetylcholine Receptor and Molecular Models for Short- and Long-term Learning; Activity-dependent Regulation of Gene Expression; Activity and the Regulation of Neuronal Growth Factor Metabolism; Molecular Mechanisms of the Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription; Neuronal Biochemical Regulatory Mechanisms; Activity-dependent Regulation of Synaptic Transmission and Its Relationship to Learning; Cellular and Molecular Advances in the Study of Learning in Aplysia; Conditioning-specific Modification of Postsynaptic Membrane Currents in Mollusc and Mammal; Long-term Potentiation - Outstanding Problems; Characterization of Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellar and Cerebral Neocortex; Activity-dependent Modification of Functional Circuitry as a Possible Basis for Learning; Activity-dependent Self-Organization of Synaptic Connections as a Substrate of Learning; Dynamic Neocortical Processes and the Origins of Higher Brain Functions.