Cellular Mechanisms of Conditioning and Behavioral Plasticity

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Cellular Basis for Short-Term Memory in Endocrine Systems....Pages 3-10
An Increased Basal Calcium Hypothesis for Long-Term Potentiation of Transmitter Release in Bullfrog Sympathetic Ganglia....Pages 11-20
Sprouting as a Basis for Classical Conditioning in the Cat....Pages 21-26
Is Conditioning Supported by Modulation of an Outward Current in Pyramidal Cells of the Motor Cortex of Cats?....Pages 27-35
Conservation of Cellular Mechanisms for Models of Learning and Memory....Pages 37-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Long-Term Potentiation of Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus Obeys Hebb’s Rule for Synaptic Modification....Pages 47-55
Chloride-Mediated Feedforward Inhibition Is Not Involved in Long-Term Potentiation....Pages 57-63
β-Adrenergic Mechanisms in Long-Term Potentiation and Norepinephrine-Induced Long-Lasting Potentiation....Pages 65-76
Mechanisms of Noradrenergic Modulation of Dentate Gyrus Long-Term Plasticity....Pages 77-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Conditioning-Specific Biophysical Alterations in Rabbit Hippocampus....Pages 89-104
Serotonin and Aversive Conditioning in Adult and Juvenile Snails....Pages 105-108
Catecholaminergic and Opioid Mechanisms in Conditioned Food Intake Behavior of the Monkey Amygdala....Pages 109-118
The Neural Circuitry Subserving Aversive Conditioning of Contact Placing in Cats....Pages 119-142
Essential Involvement of Mossy Fibers in Projecting the CS to the Cerebellum during Classical Conditioning....Pages 143-148
Plasticity in Inferotemporal Cortex-Amygdala-Lateral Hypothalamus Axis during Operant Behavior of the Monkey....Pages 149-159
Responses of Nucleus Basalis of Meynert Neurons in Behaving Monkeys....Pages 161-173
Neurophysiological Investigations of Tonic Mechanisms of Conditioning....Pages 175-180
Hippocampal Units during Single-Alternation Conditioning in the White Rat....Pages 181-189
Conditioning and Habituation of the Arousal Response....Pages 191-201
A Preliminary Note on Spatial EEG Correlates of Olfactory Conditioning....Pages 203-212
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
A Theoretical Neuronal Learning Mechanism That Predicts the Basic Categories of Classical Conditioning Phenomena....Pages 213-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Dendritic Spine Synapses, Excitable Spine Clusters, and Plasticity....Pages 221-236
Electrodiffusion Model of Electrical Conduction in Neuronal Processes....Pages 237-244
The Effectiveness of Individual Synaptic Inputs with Uniform and Nonuniform Patterns of Background Synaptic Activity....Pages 245-252
Passive and Active Properties of Motoneuron Dendrites....Pages 253-264
Some Conclusions Relevant to Plasticity Derived from Normal Anatomy....Pages 265-272
Anatomic Observations on Afferent Projections of Orbicularis Oculi and Retractor Bulbi Motoneuronal Cell Groups and Other Pathways Possibly Related to the Blink Reflex in the Cat....Pages 273-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Mammalian Systems for Storing and Retrieving Information....Pages 289-302
Humanlike Characteristics of Visual Mnemonic System in Macaques....Pages 303-312
Neuronal Activity in the Inferomedial Temporal Cortex Compared with That in the Hippocampal Formation....Pages 313-328
Plasma Glucose Regulation of Memory Storage Processes....Pages 329-341
Behavioral Pharmacology of Memory....Pages 343-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Synaptic Efficacy Is Controlled by the Concentration of Transmitter in the Nerve Ending....Pages 357-367
Short-Term and Long-Term Plasticity Mediated by Changes in Responding Synapses at Crustacean Neuromuscular Junctions....Pages 369-378
Postsynaptic Events Associated with Long-Lasting Activity-Induced Changes in Excitability of Neocortical Neurons....Pages 379-390
Postsynaptic Activity-Dependent Facilitation of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Neocortex....Pages 391-402
The Role of Neuronal Activity in the Long-Term Regulation of Synaptic Performance at the Crayfish Neuromuscular Junction....Pages 403-409
Long-Term Effects of Firing on Excitability of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons....Pages 411-414
Locus-Coeruleus-Induced Enhancement of the Perforant-Path Evoked Potential....Pages 415-423
Persistent Changes of Single-Cell Responses in Kitten Striate Cortex Produced by Pairing Sensory Stimulation with Iontophoretic Application of Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators....Pages 425-436
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Norepinephrine-Dependent Neuronal Plasticity in Kitten Visual Cortex....Pages 437-444
Possible Indications of Noradrenergic Involvement in Behavioral Plasticity....Pages 445-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Digital Imaging of Ca 2+ Levels in CNS Neurons under Conditions That Induce Facilitating Increases in Ca 2+ Levels and Sustained Ca 2+ Elevation....Pages 459-479
A Method to Investigate a Metabolic Process in a Single Neuron and Its Utilization in the Study of Fast Axonal Transport of Acetylcholine in a Cholinergic Neuron of Aplysia ....Pages 481-491
Modulation of the Gaba- and Pentobarbital-Gated Cl Current by Intracellular Calcium in Frog Sensory Neurons....Pages 493-500
Contrasting Roles of a Brain-Specific Protein Kinase C Substrate....Pages 501-510
Evolutionary Origin of Electrical Excitability....Pages 511-518
Back Matter....Pages 519-537