Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study.
Two memory-impaired patients, who had suffered damage to the left or both fornix columns during removal of a ventricular cyst, were compared with 3 others having left-sided hippocampal or thalamic lesions, and with normal controls. The tests used were nonverbal--scene recognition, delayed matching-t...
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| author | Gaffan, E Gaffan, D Hodges, JR |
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| description | Two memory-impaired patients, who had suffered damage to the left or both fornix columns during removal of a ventricular cyst, were compared with 3 others having left-sided hippocampal or thalamic lesions, and with normal controls. The tests used were nonverbal--scene recognition, delayed matching-to-sample and concurrent pattern and object discrimination learning. The last two are differentially sensitive to fornix transection and to hippocampal or thalamic ablations in monkeys; however, the patients with fornix damage did not show a distinctive pattern of impairment. The reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. The study adds to the evidence that fornix transection can cause wide-ranging memory disturbances in man. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3526fb62-f933-4878-aa31-9f559ae934322022-03-26T13:30:20ZAmnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3526fb62-f933-4878-aa31-9f559ae93432EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1991Gaffan, EGaffan, DHodges, JRTwo memory-impaired patients, who had suffered damage to the left or both fornix columns during removal of a ventricular cyst, were compared with 3 others having left-sided hippocampal or thalamic lesions, and with normal controls. The tests used were nonverbal--scene recognition, delayed matching-to-sample and concurrent pattern and object discrimination learning. The last two are differentially sensitive to fornix transection and to hippocampal or thalamic ablations in monkeys; however, the patients with fornix damage did not show a distinctive pattern of impairment. The reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. The study adds to the evidence that fornix transection can cause wide-ranging memory disturbances in man. |
| spellingShingle | Gaffan, E Gaffan, D Hodges, JR Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title | Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title_full | Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title_fullStr | Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title_short | Amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites. A comparative study. |
| title_sort | amnesia following damage to the left fornix and to other sites a comparative study |
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