A role for the thalamus in memory for unique entities

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 504-514

  Miller, Laurie A ^a,b   Caine, Diana ^a,b   Watson, John D G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Famous buildings; Famous event memory; Famous faces; Famous names; Famous songs; Geographical knowledge; Memory for unique entities; Movie memory; Public knowledge; Recognition of environmental sounds; Retrograde amnesia; Semantic knowledge; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MUSIC; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344035578     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.6.504.29375     Document Type: Article

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