Amnesia following a discrete basal forebrain lesion

Brain

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1827-1847

  Morris, Mary K ^a,b   Bowers, Dawn ^a,b   Chatterjee, Anjan ^a,c   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,c  

^a Center for Neuropsychological Studies   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIENCEPHALON; FOREBRAIN; GLIOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMNESIA; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSENCEPHALON; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027051026     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/115.6.1827     Document Type: Article

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