Long-term potentiation : a debate of current issues

Part 1 Molecular and cellular processes in synaptic plasticity: mGluR1 and mGluR5 glutamate receptors - molecular biology, pharmacology and roles on hippocampal synaptic transmission, Joel Bockaert et al AMPA-glutamate receptor regulation and synaptic plasticity, Steve Standley et al the expression of LTP of glutamate receptor-mediated synaptic transmission as determined by the redox state of NMDA receptors and the extent of NMDA receptor activation during a tetanus, June C. Hirsch et al analysis of synaptic plasticity and memory in the mammalian brain with the gene-knockout technology, Chong Chen and Susumu Tonegawa. Part 2 LTP and LTD mechanisms: involvement of AMPA receptors in LTP mechanisms and memory, John Larson and Peter W. Vanderklish mechanisms of homosynaptic LTD in the hippocampus, Robert C. Malenka homosynaptic LTD and depotentiation in the hippocampus in vivo, Serge Laroche et al LTP and LTD in the visual cortex, Alfredo Kirkwood and Mark F. Bear electroresponsive properties of cerebellar purkinje cells in mGlur1 gene-lacking mice, Francis Crepel et al LTD and LTP at the corticostriatal synapse, Antonio Pisani et al. Part 3 Synaptic plasticity in network processes: generation of temporal correlations in firing of pyramidal cells by networks of inhibitory neurons, Roger D. Traub et al LTP and LTD and the encoding of memory in small ensembles of hippocampal neurons, Robert E. Hampson and Sam A. Deadwyler the constraint of synaptic potentiation and memory formation by entorhinal-hippocampal network dynamics, James J. Chrobak and Gyorgy Buzsaki network determinants of hippocampal synaptic plasticity, Theodore W. Berger et al. Part 4 Synaptic plasticity in network models: what LTP, LTD and cortical receptive fields tell us about synaptic modification, Harel Shouval and Leon M. Cooper linking LTP to network function - a simulation of episodic memory in the hippocampal formation, Michael E. Hasselmo and Chantal E. Stern adaptive stimulus representations in a computational model of cortical-hippocampal function, Mark A. Gluck and Catherine E. Myers adapting recurrent cortical excitation, Christof Koch et al.