Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward
The aim of this report is to analyze the relationships between reward and learning and memory processes. Different studies have described how information about rewards influences behavior and how the brain uses this reward information to control learning and memory processes. Reward nature seems to...
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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| description | The aim of this report is to analyze the relationships between reward and learning and memory processes. Different studies have described how information about rewards influences behavior and how the brain uses this reward information to control learning and memory processes. Reward nature seems to be processed in different ways by neurons in different brain structures, ranging from the detection and perception of rewards to the use of information about predicted rewards for the control of goal-directed behavior. The neural substrate underling this processing of reward information is a reliable way of improving learning and memory processes. Evidence from several studies indicates that this neural system can facilitate memory consolidation in a wide variety of learning tasks. From a molecular perspective, certain cardinal features of reward have been described as forms of memory. Studies of human addicts and studies in animal models of addiction show that chronic drug exposure produces stable changes in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels that underlie the long-lasting behavioral plasticity associated with addiction. These molecular and cellular adaptations involved in addiction are also implicated in learning and memory processes. Dopamine seems to be a critical common signal to activate different genetic mechanisms that ultimately remodel synapses and circuits. Despite memory is an active and complex process mediated by different brain areas, the neural substrate of reward is able to improve memory consolidation in a several paradigms. We believe that there are many equivalent traits between reward and learning and memory processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a12ecc432c64e5699f829af408f28a02022-12-21T22:40:23ZengUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaRevista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento1852-42062012-08-01425174Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of RewardRedolar-Ripoll, DiegoThe aim of this report is to analyze the relationships between reward and learning and memory processes. Different studies have described how information about rewards influences behavior and how the brain uses this reward information to control learning and memory processes. Reward nature seems to be processed in different ways by neurons in different brain structures, ranging from the detection and perception of rewards to the use of information about predicted rewards for the control of goal-directed behavior. The neural substrate underling this processing of reward information is a reliable way of improving learning and memory processes. Evidence from several studies indicates that this neural system can facilitate memory consolidation in a wide variety of learning tasks. From a molecular perspective, certain cardinal features of reward have been described as forms of memory. Studies of human addicts and studies in animal models of addiction show that chronic drug exposure produces stable changes in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels that underlie the long-lasting behavioral plasticity associated with addiction. These molecular and cellular adaptations involved in addiction are also implicated in learning and memory processes. Dopamine seems to be a critical common signal to activate different genetic mechanisms that ultimately remodel synapses and circuits. Despite memory is an active and complex process mediated by different brain areas, the neural substrate of reward is able to improve memory consolidation in a several paradigms. We believe that there are many equivalent traits between reward and learning and memory processes.http://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5174/5339RewardMemoryArousalDopamineSubstance-Related Disorders |
| spellingShingle | Redolar-Ripoll, Diego Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento Reward Memory Arousal Dopamine Substance-Related Disorders |
| title | Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward |
| title_full | Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward |
| title_fullStr | Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward |
| title_full_unstemmed | Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward |
| title_short | Memory Consolidation and Neural Substrate of Reward |
| title_sort | memory consolidation and neural substrate of reward |
| topic | Reward Memory Arousal Dopamine Substance-Related Disorders |
| url | http://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5174/5339 |
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