Synaptic Modifications and Memory: An Electrophysiological Analysis

Understanding of memory and learning is one of the major goals of neuroscientists and psychologists.
The author first introduces the reader into the current state of knowledge of the mechanisms underlying memory by providing extensive reviews of contemporary results including behavioural approaches and molecular studies.
He presents results of his group obtained by analysing elec-
trical activity - including single neuron meassures. As a major experimental model the phenomenon of hippocampal l...