Retrograde episodic and semantic memory impairment correlates with side of temporal lobe damage

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1083-1094

  Buccione, Ivana ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^a,b   Serra, Laura ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Autobiographical; Double dissociation; Hemispheric specialization; Herpes encephalitis; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 55349119549     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080922     Document Type: Conference Paper

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