Emotional Modulation of the Synapse

• Main Author: Christa McIntyre (auth)
• Other Authors: Jonathan Eric Ploski (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Brain Stimulation; Amygdala; BDNF; PDE4; reconsolidation; Fear conditioning; posttraumatic stress disorder; ubiquitin-proteasome system; CREB; extinction; Sleep; gamma oscillations
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Highly emotional events tend to be well remembered. The adaptive value in this is clear - those events that have a bearing on survival should be stored for future use as long-term memories whereas memories of inconsequential events would not as likely contribute to future survival. Enduring changes...