Losing memories overnight: A unique form of human amnesia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2833-2840

  Smith, Christine N ^a   Frascino, Jennifer C ^a   Kripke, Donald L ^a   McHugh, Paul R ^e   Treisman, Glenn J ^e   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative memory; Functional amnesia; Motor skill learning; Nondeclarative memory; Psychogenic amnesia; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AMNESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77955272556     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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