Abstract:
:Behavioural pharmacology is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of several research areas that ultimately lead to the development of drugs for clinical use and build understanding of how brain functions enable cognition and behaviour. In this article, the development of behavioural pharmacology in the UK is briefly surveyed, and the current status and success of the field is highlighted by the progress in our understanding of learning and memory that has resulted from discoveries in glutamate receptor pharmacology allied to theoretical and methodological advances in behavioural neuroscience. We describe the original breakthrough in terms of the role of NMDA receptors in hippocampal-mediated spatial learning and long-term potentiation, and review recent advances that demonstrate the involvement of glutamate receptor in working memory, recognition memory, stimulus-response learning and memory, and higher cognitive functions. We also discuss the unique functions of NMDA receptors and the fundamental role of AMPA receptors in processes that are common to some of these forms of memory, including encoding, consolidation and retrieval.
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Trends Pharmacol Scijournal_title
Trends in pharmacological sciencesauthors
Robbins TW,Murphy ERdoi
10.1016/j.tips.2006.01.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-03-01 00:00:00pages
141-8issue
3eissn
0165-6147issn
1873-3735pii
S0165-6147(06)00030-7journal_volume
27pub_type
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