SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE N623 - Week 15
Central Learning and Memory
Nobel of the Week
1949 - Egas Moniz
"for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses".
Introductory Readings for discussion on December 11.
Mishkin M, Malamut B, Bachevalier J (1984)
Memories and habits: Two neural systems.
From: G. Lynch et al. (eds) Neurobiology of Human
Learning and Memory. Guildford, New York, pp 65-77.
Funahashi S (2001)
Neuronal mechanisms of executive control by the prefrontal cortex.
Neurosci Res 39:147-165.
Original Literature Readings for discussion on December 11.
Jacobsen CF (1936)
Studies of cerebral function in primates.
In: The functions of the frontal association areas
in monkeys. Williams and Williams, Baltimore, pp 1-60.
Funahashi S, Bruce CJ, Goldman-Rakic PS (1993)
Dorsolateral prefrontal lesions and oculomotor delayed-response performance:
evidence for mnemonic "scotomas".
J Neurosci 13:1479-1497.
Original Literature Readings for discussion on December 13.
Scalaidhe SP, Wilson FA, Goldman-Rakic PS (1999)
Face-selective neurons during passive viewing and working memory
performance of rhesus monkeys: evidence for intrinsic specialization of
neuronal coding. Cereb Cortex 9:459-475.
Levy R, Goldman-Rakic PS (2000)
Segregation of working memory functions within the
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Exp Brain Res 133:23-32.
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