Lateralized impairment of the emotional enhancement of verbal memory in patients with amygdala-hippocampus lesion

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Frank, Jean Edith ^a   Tomaz, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Emotion; Hippocampus; Memory; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0038799800     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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