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Contributors Contributors Numbers in parentheses indicate the chapter contributed by authors. Carol A. Barnes (15) Paul E. Gold (7) Arizona Research Labs Departments of Psychology and Division of Neural Systems, Memory Psychiatry and Aging Neuroscience Program University of Arizona Institute for Genomic Biology Tucson, AZ 85724 University of Illinois Champaign, IL 61820 James E. Black (2) Department of Psychiatry William T. Greenough (2) Southern lUinois School of Medicine Beckman Institute Springfield, IL 62794 University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 Timothy J. Buschman (10) Picower Institute for Learning and Memory RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Stephen C. Heinrichs (17) Center Department of Psychology Department of Brain and Cognitive Boston College Sciences Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02142 Peter W. Kalivas (14) Department of Physiology Michael Davis (12) Medical University of South Carolina Department of Psychiatry Charleston, SC 29425 Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA 30322 Raymond P. Kesner (8) Josh T. Dubnau (3) Psychology Department Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory University of Utah Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Contributors Donna L. Korol (7) Tatsuya Ohyama (13) Department of Psychology Department of Neurobiology and Neuroscience Program Anatomy Institute for Genomic Biology University of Texas Medical School University of Illinois Houston, TX 77030 Champaign, IL 61820 Marsha R. Penner (15) Division of Neural Systems, Memory Ryan T. LaLumiere (14) and Aging Department of Neurosciences University of Arizona Medical University of South Carolina Tucson, AZ 85724 Charleston, SC 29425 Alison R. Preston (9) Department of Psychology Julie A. Markham (2) Neurosciences Program Beckman Institute Stanford University University of Illinois Stanford, CA 94305 Urbana, IL 61801 Corey B. Puryear (5) Department of Psychology Joe L. Martinez, Jr. (4) University of Washington Biology Department Seattle, WA 98195 University of Texas San Antonio, TX 78249 Michael E. Ragozzino (11) Department of Psychology Michael D. Mauk (13) University of Illinois Department of Neurobiology and Chicago, IL 60607 Anatomy University of Texas Medical School Edmund T. Rolls (6) Houston, TX 77030 Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford Oxford OXl 3UD, United Kingdom Earl K. Miller (10) Picower Institute for Learning and Mark R. Rosenzweig (1) Memory Department of Psychology Riken-MIT Neuroscience Research University of California Center Berkeley, CA 94720 Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Angela M. Sikorski (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Biology Cambridge, MA 02139 University of Texas San Antonio, TX 78249 Sherri J. Y. Mizumori (5) D. M. Smith (5) Department of Psychology Department of Psychology University of Washington University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Seattle, WA 98195 Contributors Kenira J. Thompson (4) Yalin Wang (3) Department of Physiology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Ponce School of Medicine Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Ponce, PR 00732 Gary L. Wenk (16) Tim Tully (3) Department of Psychology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Ohio State University Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Columbus, OH 43210 Anthony D. Wagner (9) Yi Zhong (3) Department of Psychology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Neurosciences Program Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 .
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