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1559164

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
A patient who suffered a severe closed head injury was left with a dense retrograde amnesia for events which she had experienced prior to her injury, but she showed only mild, patchy anterograde memory impairment. Her retrograde amnesia included both public events and autobiographical material, and it extended back to her childhood. Previously learned skills such as playing a piano and driving a car were spared, even though she had no recollection at all of the original learning experience. A series of focused magnetic resonance scan images revealed major pathology in the anterior portion of both temporal lobes. No significant abnormality was found in the hippocampus, thalamus or other medial structures in the limbic-diencephalic system. Our findings indicate the independence of anterograde and retrograde memory mechanisms, and point to structures and pathways in the anterior temporal lobes as playing a critical role in memory for past events.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-8950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115 Pt 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Focal retrograde amnesia following bilateral temporal lobe pathology. A neuropsychological and magnetic resonance study.
pubmed:affiliation
Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't