Preserved and impaired emotional memory in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Klein Koerkamp, Yanica ^a,c   Baciu, Monica ^a,b   Hot, Pascal ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Emotion; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867047591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00331     Document Type: Review

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