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Unusual amnesia case puzzles doctors until they find brain cyst

Sturla Molden stumol at stud.ntnu.no
Mon Jul 26 08:08:55 EST 1999


On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:47:38 -0400, "Ken Collins" 
>i did see a correlation to 'memory' via system 'configuration' because
>memory acquisition is dependent upon 'orienting' behavior, but i'd no
>evidence that "fimbria/fornix lesion acts as a functional hippocampus"
>lesion.

Wishaw, IQ and Jarrard, LE (1995) Similarities vs differences in place
learning and circadian activity in rats after fimbria-fornix section
or ibotenate removal of hippocampal cells. Hippocampus, 5, 595-604.

Cassel, JC et al (1998) Fimbria-fornix vs selective hippocampal
lesions in rats: Effects on locomotor activity and spatial learning
and memory. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem., 69, 22-45.




Sturla Molden





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