Anterograde but not retrograde memory loss following combined mammillary body and medial thalamic lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Kapur, Narinder ^a   Thompson, Simon ^a   Cook, Peter ^a   Lang, Dorothy ^a   Brice, Jason ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Retrograde amnesia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DIENCEPHALON; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030046185     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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