Intact visual perception in memory-impaired patients with medial temporal lobe lesions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2235-2240

  Shrager, Yael ^a   Gold, Jeffrey J ^a   Hopkins, Ramona O ^d,e   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesic; Anatomy; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Memory; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645646491     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4792-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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