Mnestic block syndrome

Cortex

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-230

  Markowitsch, Hans J ^c   Kessler, Josef ^a   Russ, Michael O ^b   Frölich, Lutz ^b   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Maurer, Konrad ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Depression; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THINKING;

EID: 0032928906     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70795-0     Document Type: Article

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