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Activation to Acquisition

Functional Aspects of the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Russell T. Richardson

    1. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Current Status of the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System: A Preview and Commentary

    • Russell T. Richardson
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System: An Evolving Concept in the Neurobiology of the Forebrain

    • Vassilis E. Koliatsos, Donald L. Price
    Pages 11-71

  4. Behavioral Neuroanatomy of Cholinergic Innervation in the Primate Cerebral Cortex

    • M.-Marsel Mesulam
    Pages 73-85

  5. Input/Output Relations of the Magnocellular Nuclei of the Basal Forebrain

    • J. L. Price, K. M. Carnes
    Pages 87-113

  6. Role of the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System in Cortical Activation and Arousal

    • György Buzsáki, Fred H. Gage
    Pages 115-133

  7. Functional Implications of Tonic and Phasic Activity Changes in Nucleus Basalis Neurons

    • Russell T. Richardson, Mahlon R. DeLong
    Pages 135-166

  8. Actions of Acetylcholine on Cortical Neurons: Pieces in the Puzzle About Mechanisms Underlying Learning

    • Linda K. Gorman, Charles D. Woody
    Pages 167-187

  9. Acetylcholine Modulation of Cellular Excitability Via Muscarinic Receptors: Functional Plasticity in Auditory Cortex

    • John H. Ashe, Norman M. Weinberger
    Pages 189-246

  10. Basal Forebrain, Memory and Attention

    • David S. Olton, Gary L. Wenk, Alicja M. Markowska
    Pages 247-262

  11. An Analysis of the Basal Forebrain Contribution to Learning and Memory

    • Raymond P. Kesner, Debra L. Johnson
    Pages 263-288

  12. Ocular Dominance Plasticity in Kitten Visual Cortex: Integration of Noradrenergic and Cholinergic Regulation

    • Takuji Kasamatsu, Kazuyuki Imamura
    Pages 289-324

  13. Cholinergic Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity in Sensory Neocortex

    • Robert W. Dykes, Nicole Tremblay, Richard A. Warren, Mark F. Bear
    Pages 325-345

  14. The Cholinergic Basal Forebrain as a Cognitive Machine

    • Nancy J. Woolf, Larry L. Butcher
    Pages 347-380

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 381-392
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Russell T. Richardson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Activation to Acquisition

  • Book Subtitle: Functional Aspects of the Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System

  • Editors: Russell T. Richardson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0556-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-0558-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0556-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 392

  • Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosciences, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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