Long-term amnesia: A review and detailed illustrative case study

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 567-603

  Mayes, Andrew R ^a   Isaac, Claire L ^b   Holdstock, Juliet S ^a   Cariga, Pietro ^b   Gummer, Amanda ^b   Roberts, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Long term amnesia; Slow consolidation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEIZURE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBALIZATION; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0242268997     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70855-4     Document Type: Article

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