Overview
- Provides an update on molecular mechanisms of cognitive function
- Concise compilation of current knowledge about neurotransmitters
Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 98)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Cognitive function involves the participation of many different neurotransmitter systems in a variety of brain areas. The centerpiece of investigation regarding cognitive function has classically been the cholinergic system, but it has become increasingly clear that other transmitter systems interact with cholinergic systems to provide the neural basis for cognitive function.
This book brings together cutting edge research to determine how the transmitter interactions form the mechanistic bases for attention, learning and memory. This research on transmitter interactions not only provides a more accurate, though complex, picture of how the brain works to provide cognitive function, it also provides important new levels of understanding about the mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction and novel avenues for therapeutic treatment. The researchers who contributed to this volume both reviewed the latest findings but also point to the directions of advancement of the field of neurotransmitter interactions and cognitive function.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neurotransmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function
Editors: Edward D. Levin
Series Title: Experientia Supplementum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7772-4
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7771-7Published: 15 September 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7772-4Published: 18 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1664-431X
Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 284
Topics: Neurosciences