Patients with heart attacks are not valid models for medial temporal lobe amnesia. A neuropsychological and FDG-PET study with consequences for memory research

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-184

  Markowitsch, H J ^a   Weber Luxemburger, G ^b   Ewald, K ^a   Kessler, J ^b   Heiss, W D ^b,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe amnesia; Memory; PET

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030989844     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1997.tb00324.x     Document Type: Article

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