Challenging the classical distinction between long-term and short-term memory: Reconsidering the role of the hippocampus

Future Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Cashdollar, Nathan ^a,b   Duncan, John S ^a   Duzel, Emrah ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OvG University   (Germany)

^d DZNE (German Centre for Neurodegenerative Disorders)   (Germany)

Author keywords

epilepsy; hippocampus; maintenance; medial temporal lobe; memory; oscillation; theta

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79955662805     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.11.12     Document Type: Review

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