Amnesia and the hippocampus

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-598

  Cipolotti, Lisa ^a,b   Bird, Chris M ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Hippocampus; Memory; Recollection and familiarity; Retrograde amnesia; Topographical amnesia

Indexed keywords

AMPAKINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NOOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; EPISODIC MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 33751028041     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000247608.42320.f9     Document Type: Review

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