Contributions of the Left Intralaminar and Medial Thalamic Nuclei to Memory: Comparisons and Report of a Case

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1050-1058

  Fennell, Eileen ^a   Mennemeier, Mark ^a   Valenstein, Edward ^a   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAMMILLARY BODY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0026639921     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530340070020     Document Type: Article

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