Transient global amnesia: Implicit/explicit memory dissociation and PET assessment of brain perfusion and oxygen metabolism in the acute stage

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-367

  Eustache, Francis ^a,b,d   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a,b   Petit Taboué, Marie Christine ^a,c   De La Sayette, Vincent ^a,b   Piot, Véronique ^a,b   Sablé, Christelle ^a,b   Marchal, Gilles ^a,c   Baron, Jean Claude ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c GIP CYCERON   (France)

^d CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Implicit explicit memory dissociation; Oxygen metabolism; PET; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SKILL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

EID: 0030847527     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.3.357     Document Type: Article

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