Functions of the septo-hippocampal system

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, , 1978
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 438 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 599/.01/88
• Soggetto topico: Septum (Brain); Hippocampus (Brain)
• Note generali: "Symposium on Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 18th-20th October 1977"--Participants page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction -- Objectives of the meeting -- Anatomical and functional aspects of the septo-hippocampal projections -- Discussion -- The anatomical organization of septo-hippocampal projections -- Discussion -- Localization of putative transmitters in the hippocampal formation (with a note on the connections to septum and hypothalamus) -- Discussion -- Long-lasting facilitation of synaptic transmission -- Discussion -- Cholinergic mechanisms and short-term potentiation -- Discussion -- General Discussion I: -- Monoaminergic inputs to the hippocampus -- Nicotinic transmission in the hippocampus -- Specific pathways between septum and hippocampus -- Neuronal aspects of septohippocampal relations -- Discussion -- Single unit and lesion experiments on the sensory inputs to the hippocampal cognitive map -- Discussion -- Hippocampal electrical activity during waking behaviour and sleep: analyses using centrally acting drugs -- Discussion -- An experimental dissection of the septal syndrome -- Discussion -- The role of the septo-hippocampal system and its noradrenergic afferents in behavioural responses to non-reward -- Discussion -- General Discussion II: -- Hippocampal units and theta activity -- Mechanism of theta activity -- Functional significance of theta activity -- The function of septo-hippocampal connections in spatially organized behaviour -- Discussion -- Multivariate analysis of the septal syndrome -- Discussion -- A comparison of hippocampal pathology in man and other animals -- Discussion -- Final General Discussion: -- Frequency potentiation and memory -- Further comments on the hippocampal cognitive map theory -- Functions of the septo-hippocampal system in man and other animals -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
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• Titolo autorizzato: Functions of the septo-hippocampal system
• ISBN: 9786613694072; 9781280783685; 1280783680; 9780470718087; 0470718080; 9780470663486; 0470663480; 9780470720394; 0470720395
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819039003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 58.