Memory in monkeys severely impaired by combined but not by separate removal of amygdala and hippocampus

1978 Nature 1,197 citations

Keywords

Hippocampal formationHippocampusNeuroscienceAmygdalaAmnesiaNeuropathologyAnterograde amnesiaRetrograde amnesiaPsychologyAblationCognitive psychologyMedicinePathologyInternal medicine

MeSH Terms

AmygdalaAnimalsAssociationHaplorhiniHippocampusHumansMacacaMacaca mulattaMemorySpecies SpecificityVisual Perception

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Year
1978
Type
article
Volume
273
Issue
5660
Pages
297-298
Citations
1197
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Mortimer Mishkin (1978). Memory in monkeys severely impaired by combined but not by separate removal of amygdala and hippocampus. Nature , 273 (5660) , 297-298. https://doi.org/10.1038/273297a0

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