Molecular Basis of Memory

This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science provides a current overview of how memory is processed in the brain. A broad range of topics are presented by leaders in the field, ranging from brain circuitry to synaptic plasticity to the molecular machinery that contributes to the brain's ability to maintain information across time. Memory systems in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and amygdala are considered as well. In addition, the volume covers recent contributions to our understanding of memory from in vivo imaging, optogenetic, electrophysiological, biochemical and molecular biological studies.

Articles from world renowned experts in memoryCovering topics from signaling, epigenetic, RNA translation to  plasticityMethodological approaches include molecular and cellular, behavioral, electrophysiological, optogenetic and functional imaging

1. Memory Deficits in Aging and Neurological Diseases
   Zafar U. Khan, Elisa Martin-Montañez, Irene Navarro-Lobato and E. Chris Muly
2. The “Memory Kinases”: Roles of PKC Isoforms in Signal Processing and Memory Formation
   Miao-Kun Sun and Daniel L. Alkon
3. CaMKII: A Molecular Substrate for Synaptic Plasticity and Memory
   Brian C. Shonesy, Nidhi Jalan-Sakrikar, Victoria S. Cavener and Roger J. Colbran
4. The Transcription Factor Zif268/Egr1, Brain Plasticity and Memory
   Alexandra Veyrac, Antoine Besnard, Jocelyne Caboche, Sabrina Davis and Serge Laroche
5. Mechanisms of Translation Control Underlying Long-lasting Synaptic Plasticity and the Consolidation of Long-term Memory
   Emanuela Santini, Thu N. Huynh and Eric Klann
6. BDNF - TrkB Receptor Regulation of Distributed Adult Neural Plasticity, Memory Formation, and Psychiatric Disorders
   Raül Andero, Dennis C. Choi and Kerry J. Ressler
7. Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Recognition Memory in the Perirhinal Cortex
   Paul J. Banks, E. Clea Warburton, Malcolm W. Brown and Zafar I. Bashir
8. Molecular Influences on Working Memory Circuits in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
   Amy F.T. Arnsten and Lu E. Jin
9. Cost-Benefit Decision Circuitry: Proposed Modulatory Role for Acetylcholine
   Wambura C. Fobbs and Sheri J. Y. Mizumori
10. Molecular Mechanisms of Threat Learning in the Lateral Nucleus of the Amygdala
    Robert M. Sears, Hillary C. Schiff and Joseph E. LeDoux
11. Epigenetics of Memory and Plasticity
    Bisrat T. Woldemichael, Johannes Bohacek, Katharina Gapp and Isabelle M. Mansuy
12. Deciphering Memory Function with Optogenetics
    Anna Beyeler, Christine A. Eckhardt and Kay M. Tye
13. The Tagging and Capture Hypothesis from Synapse to Memory
    Haydée Viola, Fabricio Ballarini, María Cecilia Martínez and Diego Moncada