The most widely accepted view of memory in the brain holds that synapses are the storage
sites of memory, and that memories are formed through associative modification of …

The sense of taste is a key component of the sensory machinery, enabling the evaluation of
both the safety as well as forming associations regarding the nutritional value of ingestible …

Reduced food intake is common to many pathological conditions, such as infection and toxin
exposure. However, cortical circuits that mediate feeding responses to these threats are less …

Contemporary theories guiding the search for neural mechanisms of learning and memory
assume that associative learning results from the temporal pairing of cues and reinforcers …

Conditioned taste aversion (CTA) is an associative learning paradigm, wherein consumption
of an appetitive tastant (eg, saccharin) is paired to the administration of a malaise-inducing …

Background Ketamine is an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, which on
administration produces fast-acting antidepressant responses in patients with major …

Memories are thought to be stored in ensembles of neurons across multiple brain regions.
However, whether and how these ensembles are coordinated at the time of learning …

Acid-sensing ion channel 1a (ASIC1a) has been shown to play important roles in synaptic
plasticity, learning and memory. Here we identify a crucial role for ASIC1a in long-term …

Memory retrieval refers to the fundamental ability of organisms to make use of acquired,
sometimes inconsistent, information about the world. Although memory acquisition has been …

Levels of adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus are correlated
with unique cognitive functions. However, the molecular pathways controlling it are poorly …