Is the right amygdala involved in visuospatial memory? Evidence from MRI volumetric measures

European Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 148-155

  Pegna, Alan J ^a   Caldara Schnetzer, Anne Sarah ^a   Perrig, Stephen H ^a   Lazeyras, François ^a   Khateb, Asaid ^a   Landis, Theodor ^a   Seeck, Margitta ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognition; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Neuropsychology; Volumetric measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036201313     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047973     Document Type: Article

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