Multiple memory systems: the power of interactions.
Two relatively simple theories of brain function will be used to demonstrate the explanatory power of multiple memory systems in your brain interacting cooperatively or competitively to directly or indirectly influence cognition and behaviour. The view put forth in this mini-review is that interactions between memory systems produce normal and abnormal manifestations of behaviour, and by logical extension, an understanding of these complex interactions holds the key to understanding debilitating brain and psychiatric disorders.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada. r.mcdonald@uleth.ca
Robert J
RJ
McDonald
Bryan D
BD
Devan
Nancy S
NS
Hong
D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D012649:Self Concept; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol