Macromolecules and Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781468460445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 398 str.

John Gaito

Opis

In the five years since the publication of the First Edition, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted attempting to relate macromolecules and behavior. New approaches to the overall problem have developed. Several chapters of the First Edition were not continued in this edition; most of those which were included have been revised thoroughly. A number of chapters by other contributors were invited to help round out the volume. New chapters are those by Glassman and Wilson; Squire and Barondes; Ungar; Jankovic; Hyden and Lange; Koenig; Appel; Rosenzweig, Bennett, and Diamond; and Deutsch. This edition should provide a representative view of the important research and theorizing which is occurring in this area. This volume is built around two important topics: Products of DNA Activa tion (Section II) and Macromolecules and Intracellular, Intercellular, and Synaptic Events (Section III). The Introduction (Section I) leads to these topics, and Models of Memory (Section IV) attempts to provide an integration of these topics with brain function. The preparation of this volume was facilitated by grants from the National Research Council (Canada) and by Contract No. Nom 4935(00) with the Physiological Psychology Division of the Office of Naval Research (U .S.A.) .

Spis treści

I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction.- II. Products of DNA Activation.- 2. Macromolecules-Functional and Biochemical Correlates.- 3. Brain Function and RNA.- 4. Macromolecules and Brain Function.- 5. Inhibitors of Cerebral Protein or RNA Synthesis and Memory.- 6. Biological Assays for the Molecular Coding of Acquired Information.- 7. Biological Activity of Antibrain Antibody—an Introduction to Immunoneurology.- 8. Correlation of the S-100 Brain Protein with Behavior.- III. Macromolecules and Intracellular, Intercellular, and Synaptic Events.- 9. Axoplasmic Flow-The Fast Transport System in Mammalian Nerve Fibers.- 10. A Molecular Basis for Regional Differentiation of the Excitable Membrane.- 11. Macromolecular Synthesis in Synapses.- 12. Chemical and Anatomical Plasticity of Brain: Replications and Extensions, 1970.- 13. Macromolecular Change and the Synapse.- 14. Autoradiographic Examination of Behaviorally Induced Changes in the Protein and Nucleic Acid Metabolism of the Brain.- 15. Macromolecular Changes Within Neuron-Neuroglia Unit During Behavioral Events.- IV. Models of Memory.- 16. Molecular Biological Approaches to the Study of Memory.- 17. Some Dimensions of Remembering: Steps Toward Neuropsychological Model of Memory.