Andersen P., Morris R., Amaral D., Bliss T., O'Keefe J. (eds.) The Hippocampus Book

Oxford University Press, Oxford Neuroscience Series
Oxford New York, 2007. -832 p. The hippocampus is one of a group of remarkable structures embedded within the brain's medial temporal lobe. Long known to be important for memory, it has been a prime focus of neuroscience research for many years. The Hippocampus Book promises to facilitate developments in the field in a major way by bringing together, for the first time, contributions by leading international scientists knowledgeable about hippocampal anatomy, physiology, and function. This authoritative volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of what the hippocampus does, how it does it, and what happens when things go wrong. At the same time, it illustrates how research focusing on this single brain structure has revealed principles of wider generality for the whole brain in relation to anatomical connectivity, synaptic plasticity, cognition and behavior, and computational algorithms. Well-organized in its presentation of both theory and experimental data, this peerless work vividly illustrates the astonishing progress that has been made in unraveling the workings of the brain. The Hippocampus Book is destined to take a central place on every neuroscientist's bookshelf.The Hippocampal Formation
Historical Perspective: Proposed Functions, Biological
Characteristics, and Neurobiological Models of the
Hippocampus
Hippocampal Neuroanatomy
Morphological Development of the Hippocampus
Structural and Functional Properties of Hippocampal
Neurons
Synaptic Function
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the
Hippocampus: Neurotransmitter Exocytosis and
Glutamatergic, GABAergic, and Cholinergic
Transmission
Local Circuits
Structural Plasticity
Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus
Hippocampal Neurophysiology in the Behaving
Animal
Functional Role of the Human Hippocampus
Theories of Hippocampal Function
Computational Models of the Spatial and Mnemonic
Functions of the Hippocampus
Stress and the Hippocampus
Hippocampus and Human Disease