Anterograde and retrograde amnesia following bitemporal infarction

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Schnider, A.^; | Regard, M. | Landis, T.

Affiliations: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Note: [] Correspondence to: Dr med. A. Schnider, Abt. für Neuropsychologische Rehabilitation, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland

Abstract: A patient suffered very severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia following infarction of both medial temporal lobes (hippocampus and adjacent cortex) and the left inferior temporo-occipital area. The temporal stem and the amygdala were intact; these structures do not appear to be critical for new learning in humans. Extension of the left-sided infarct into the inferior temporo-occipital lobe, an area critically involved in visual processing, appears to be responsible for our patient's loss of remote memories.

Keywords: Amnesia, Amygdala, Hippocampus, Inferotemporal cortex, Medial temporal lobe

DOI: 10.3233/BEN-1994-7207

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 87-92, 1994