Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Learning and Memory
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 269
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Interests: inflammation; neuroinflammation; gut-brain axis; mast cells; learning and memory
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Dear Colleagues,
Learning is the ability to modify behavior in light of experience and environmental changes, and memory is the retention of that modification over time.
Memory, as the storage and use of learned information in the brain, is necessary for modulating behavior and critical for animals to adapt to their environments and survive.
One major question to be addressed experimentally is the extent to which similar mechanisms for learning are shared within and between species.
The learning mechanism has evolved to address adaptive challenges, and thus invertebrates are likely to face the same adaptive challenges as vertebrates.
Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of activity-dependent forms of synaptic plasticity provides a basis for understanding the mechanisms underlying learning, memory, other forms of brain plasticity, and pathological conditions, and suggests potential therapeutic interventions.
Both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms play an important role in learning and memory.
This Special Issue will focus on new insights into cellular and molecular neurobiological mechanisms that underlie memory formation and storage.
Dr. Giovanna Traina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- learning
- memory
- animal models
- conditioning
- molecular mechanisms
- genetic mechanisms
- epigenetic mechanisms
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