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... > material entity > biological material entity > organism > human organism > person > patient > patient H.M.

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patient H.M.  

Definition

  • Patient (Henry Molaison — 1926-2008) who suffered from bi-hippocampal amnesia after bilateral resection of the medial temporal lobes to treat an intractable epilepsy. He participated in numerous studies that advanced the understanding of memory.

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  • H.M. case

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Amaral, D. G., Augustinack, J., Barbas, H., Frosch, M., Gabrieli, J., Luebke, J., Rakic, P., Rosene, D., & Rushmore, R. J. (2024). The analysis of H.M.’s brain: A brief review of status and plans for future studies and tissue archive. Hippocampus, 34(2), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23597

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Barbeau, E. J., Ronat, L., & Didic, M. (2020). Études de cas et neuropsychologie de la mémoire : Et maintenant, c’est fini ? Revue de neuropsychologie, 12(1), 19‑25. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2020.0536

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Corkin, S. (2002). What’s new with the amnesic patient H.M.? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 3(2), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn726

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Scoville, W. B., & Milner, B. (1957). Loss of recent memory after bilateral hippocampal lesions. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 20(1), 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.20.1.11

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: free

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-MM5S66WC-1

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