Encoding of emotional memories depends on amygdala and hippocampus and their interactions

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-285

  Richardson, Mark P ^a   Strange, Bryan A ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 1442299895     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1190     Document Type: Article

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