Impaired emotional autobiographical memory associated with right amygdalar-hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients

Impaired emotional autobiographical memory associated with right amygdalar-hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease patients

We studied the influence of emotions on autobiographical memory (AbM) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), characteristically triggering atrophy in the hippocampus and the amygdala, two crucial structures sustaining memory and emotional processing. Our first aim was to analyze the influence of...

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Main Authors: Nathalie ePHILIPPI, Anne eBotzung, Vincent eNoblet, François eRousseau, Olivier eDesprés, Benjamin eCretin, Stéphane eKremer, Frédéric eBlanc, Liliann eManning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Alzheimer's disease
emotion
autobiographical memory
volumetric MRI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00021/full

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