Memory with emotional content, brain amygdala and Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Schultz, R R ^a,b,c   De Castro, C C ^d   Bertolucci, P H F ^c  

^a Rua Borges Lagoa   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Dementia; Emotion; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 67651232853     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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