Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Nadel, Lynn ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c 3560 Bathurst Street ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030912408     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80010-4     Document Type: Article

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