Journal article
Neuropsychological Correlates of Bilateral Amygdala Damage
Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.47(3), pp.349-355
03/01/1990
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530030131029
PMID: 2310319
Abstract
We conducted an extensive neuropsychological investigation in a patient with bilateral amygdala damage due to Urbach-Wiethe disease. The patient had significant defects in nonverbal visual memory, in social behavior, and in "executive control" functions, findings consistent with the proposal, based on experimental animal work, that the amygdala plays important roles in memory and in the modulation of social and emotional behavior. General intellect and language were normal. A psychophysiological study showed that she had normal electrodermal activity (skin conductance responses), an important finding in view of the role that has been attributed to the amygdala in the central control of autonomic responses.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuropsychological Correlates of Bilateral Amygdala Damage
- Creators
- Daniel TranelBradley T Hyman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.47(3), pp.349-355
- DOI
- 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530030131029
- PMID
- 2310319
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Neurol
- ISSN
- 0003-9942
- eISSN
- 1538-3687
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002403302771
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