Rare form of temporary amnesia highlights role of CA1 neurons in accessing memories
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 07:31
in Psychology & Sociology
(Medical Xpress) -- German researchers working out of the Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Kiel, have found through the study of a rare form of temporary amnesia, that impairment of the CA1 neuron clusters in the Hippocampus appears to cause a loss of so-called autobiographical memories. The team has published its results in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.