Can we see personal identity loss? A functional imaging study of typical 'hysterical amnesia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-469

  Thomas Antérion, Catherine ^a   Guedj, Eric ^b   Decousus, Marielle ^a   Laurent, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYSTERICAL AMNESIA; LETTER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SYMPTOM; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950602475     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.163808     Document Type: Letter

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