Memory Dysfunction Following Unilateral Transection of the Fornix: A Hippocampal Disconnection Syndrome

• Published in: Cortex Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 465 - 472
• Main Authors: Tucker, David M., Roeltgen, David P., Tully, Richard, Hartmann, Joel, Boxell, Cristopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milano Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1988; Masson
• Subjects: Adult; Astrocytoma - diagnosis; Astrocytoma - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis; Brain Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Hippocampus - surgery; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Memory Disorders - etiology; Memory Disorders - psychology; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Postoperative Complications; Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses; Human; Postoperative; Intracranial; Memory disorder; Nervous system diseases; Higher nervous function; Psychometrics; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Fornix; Surgery; Tumor; Lesion; Astrocytoma

This study presents a case with a discrete nondischarging lesion of the left fornix that resulted in a marked anterograde memory deficit that was defined by the same material, modality and methodologically specific features characteristic of unilateral lesions of the hippocampus. Since the fornix is...