Three cases of enduring memory impairment after bilateral damage limited to the hippocampal formation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5233-5255

  Rempel Clower, Nancy L ^c,f   Zola, Stuart M ^a,b,c,e   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,c   Amaral, David G ^d  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anterograde memory impairment; CA1 region; hippocampal formation; human amnesia; retrograde memory impairment; temporally graded retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029738473     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05233.1996     Document Type: Article

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