Memory without context: Amnesia with confabulations after infarction of the right capsular genu

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-193

  Schnider, Armin ^a,b   Gutbrod, Klemens ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a  

^a PSI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Capsular genu; Confabulation; Context memory; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029829909     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.2.186     Document Type: Article

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