"The Hippocampus: Plasticity and Functions" ed. by Ales Stuchlik

This book covers the topic of the hippocampus from various perspectives. It discusses adult neurogenesis, effect of enriched environments on hippocampal plasticity, and long-term potentiation-associated gene expression. The book addresses multiscale representations of complex environments and strategies in the hippocampus-dependent spatial tasks.

The hippocampus is an important brain region, a true central hub for memory of various kinds and other processes. Neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, drug addiction, and schizophrenia are characterized by hippocampal alterations. The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is a site exhibiting adult neurogenesis.
Insight into the hippocampus as a link between negative affect and relapse to psychostimulants is provided. The book collects evidence of various hippocampal functions in healthy and disordered brain.


Contents
1 How Does an Enriched Environment Impact Hippocampus Brain Plasticity?
2 Factors Regulating Neurogenesis in the Adult Dentate Gyrus
3 Long-Term Potentiation-Associated Gene Expression: Involvement of the Tumour Protein p53
4 A Role for the Longitudinal Axis of the Hippocampus in Multiscale Representations of Large and Complex Spatial Environments and Mnemonic Hierarchies
5 The Importance of Distinguishing Allocentric and Egocentric Search Strategies in Rodent Hippocampal-Dependent Spatial Memory Paradigms: Getting More Out of Your Data
6 The Hippocampus as a Neural Link between Negative Affect and Vulnerability for Psychostimulant Relapse