Memory beyond the hippocampus

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Tulving, Endel ^a   Markowitsch, Hans J ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLUM; DIENCEPHALON; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030947144     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80009-8     Document Type: Article

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