Impairment in material-specific long-term memory following unilateral mediodorsal thalamic damage and presumed partial disconnection of the mammillo-thalamic tract

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-140

  Edelstyn, Nicola M J ^a   Mayes, Andrew R ^b   Denby, Christine ^b   Ellis, Simon J ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84857541885     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: 17486653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02019.x     Document Type: Article

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