The contribution of pharmacology to research on the mechanisms of memory formation.
Pharmacological studies of memory are motivated by the hope or hypothesis that behavioural findings, considered together with knowledge of the mechanisms of drug action, will help to elucidate the neurobiological bases of memory. There is now considerable evidence that this hope is justified.
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Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and Research Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3800, USA. jlmcgaug@uci.edu
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D009462:Neurology; D010600:Pharmacology