Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

Dr. Byrne is internationally recognized for his work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning. He has also contributed substantially to graduate and medical education, both locally and nationally. For example, he has authored or edited 15 books including three editions of his textbook From Molecules to Networks: An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and two editions as Editor-In-Chief of the four-volume Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, both published by Academic Press. Another contribution is the development of an innovative electronic online textbook Neuroscience Online, which in 2020 received more than two million visits. His YouTube video Introduction to Neuroscience has 898,000 views. Over the past 40years, he has trained 38 postdoctoral fellows and 25 graduate students. His contributions to education and mentoring have been recognized by his receipt of the Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience, The University of Texas System Award for Innovation in Health Science Education, The UTHealth President’s Award for Mentoring Women, the UTHealth President’s Scholar Award for Teaching and the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

• Volume One: Learning Theory and BehaviorTypes of memory Retrieval from memoryPerceptual learningExtinctionCognitive dimension of operant learningConcept and category learning in animalsLearning and representationAttention and memory in mammals and primates Transmission of acquired information in nonhuman primatesAdaptive Specializations and Generality of the Laws of Classical and Instrumental ConditioningVolume Two: Cognitive Psychology of MemoryEncoding and Retrieval Episodic and semantic memory Context and memory Implicit vs explicit memoryWorking memory (n ± 2)Working memory and intelligence The adaptive character of memory Attention and MemorySpatial MemorySignal detection theories of recognition memory Volume Three: Memory Systems Introduction and OverviewMultiple Memory Systems in the Brain:  Cooperation and Competition Anatomy of the hippocampus and the Declarative memory systemDeclarative Memory System:  AmnesiaNeural substrates of remembering- Electroencephalographic StudiesStructural basis of Episodic memoryStructural basis of Semantic memorySchemas Neurobiology of Recognition and MemoryContribution of functional imaging to understanding human memory processes Volume Four: Mechanisms of Memory Overview and OrganizationMolecular Studies of Learning and Memory in Aplysia and the HippocampusMolecular Mechanisms of learning in C. elegans Cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory in molluscs Cellular and molecular mechanism of Associative Learning - Bee Multiple memory phases Neural circuits of fear memory Cellular and molecular mediation of reward Reward mechanisms and drug addiction Molecular and cellular aspects of memory dysfunction in aging