Intact working memory for relational information after medial temporal lobe damage

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 13624-13629

  Jeneson, Annette ^a   Mauldin, Kristin N ^b   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ERROR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77958024279     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2895-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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