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Chapter 1 - The Amnesic Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Robert Laureno
Robert Laureno
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Inability to learn and remember out of proportion to all other cognitive deficits is the amnesic syndrome. It is typically caused by bilateral damage to one of four areas, the hippocampus, medial thalamus, basal forebrain, or fornix.

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amnesic syndromememoryKorsakoff psychosis
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Insights into Clinical Neurology , pp. 1 - 8
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • The Amnesic Syndrome
  • Robert Laureno, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Insights into Clinical Neurology
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009234986.002
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  • The Amnesic Syndrome
  • Robert Laureno, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Insights into Clinical Neurology
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009234986.002
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  • The Amnesic Syndrome
  • Robert Laureno, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Insights into Clinical Neurology
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009234986.002
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