Hippocampal-anterior thalamic pathways for memory: Uncovering a network of direct and indirect actions

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2292-2307

  Aggleton, John P ^a   O'Mara, Shane M ^b   Vann, Seralynne D ^a   Wright, Nick F ^a   Tsanov, Marian ^b   Erichsen, Jonathan T ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Fornix; Hippocampus; Mammillary bodies; Recognition memory; Spatial memory; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FORNIX; EPISODIC MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; DIENCEPHALON; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAMILLARY BODIES; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 77953729952     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07251.x     Document Type: Review

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