Amnestic disturbance following infarction of the left dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus

Neuropsychologia. 1982;20(5):597-604. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(82)90033-1.

Abstract

A patient with a discrete lesion in the region of the left dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus had anterograde memory impairment for verbal material.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Infarction / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / psychology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Mental Recall / physiology*
  • Motor Skills / physiology
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
  • Psychological Tests
  • Thalamic Diseases / psychology*
  • Thalamic Nuclei / physiopathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Verbal Learning