This review applies some new experimental findings and theoretical ideas about how reinforcers act on the neural mechanisms of learning and memory to the problem of how …
This important volume defines the state of the art in the field of emotion and memory by offering a blend of research review, unpublished findings, and theory on topics related to its …
Extensive evidence indicates that disruption of cholinergic funtion is characteristic of aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD), and experimental manipulation of the cholinergic system in …
The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in Pavlovian fear conditioning was examined using the NMDA antagonist DL-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV). Either …
This article reviews findings of research examining the interaction of peripheral adrenergic systems with cholinergic, opioid peptidergic and GABAergic systems in modulating memory …
JL McGaugh - Brain research bulletin, 1989 - Elsevier
This paper reviews selected studies examining the enhancing effects of drugs and hormones on learning and memory. Many strategies have been used in an effort to …
LR Squire, HP Davis - Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1998 - Citeseer
What is of interest in an area of scientific inquiry depends on one's perspective. If one looks primarily to find a drug that can improve memory in the healthy subject or retard the decline …
It is now well known that the retention of newly-acquired information can be modulated by drugs or hormones administered shortly following training. It is generally thought that such …
This review presents evidence that some cognition enhancing drugs produce their beneficial effects on learning and memory by increasing the availability of glucose for uptake and …