Amnesia in Man Following Transection of the Fornix. A Review

Overview

Journal Brain

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Neurology

Date 1991 Dec 1

PMID 1782534

Citations 41

Authors

D Gaffan

E A Gaffan

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Abstract

Published accounts of the effects of fornix damage on memory in man are critically evaluated. Most weight is given to cases of surgical transection of the fornix, though other causes of fornix damage are briefly discussed. It is concluded that fornix transection causes amnesia.

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