Congenital absence of the mammillary bodies: A novel finding in a well-studied case of developmental amnesia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-87

  Rosenbaum, R Shayna ^a,b   Gao, Fuqiang ^c   Honjo, Kie ^c   Raybaud, Charles ^d,e   Olsen, Rosanna K ^b   Palombo, Daniela J ^b,c   Levine, Brian ^b,c   Black, Sandra E ^b,c,e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Developmental amnesia; Episodic memory; Extended hippocampal system; Mammillary bodies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; APLASIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL AMNESIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMILLARY BODY APLASIA; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MAMMILLARY BODY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMILLARY BODIES; MEMORY, EPISODIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908689712     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.047     Document Type: Article

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