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Neural Control of Input into Long Term Memory: Limbic System and Amnestic Syndrome in Man

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The importance of different brain regions, in particular the limbic system, in selecting and transforming external information either for storage in short term memory or transmission into long term memory is described. Various experimental findings in animals as well as observations on human patients are discussed from a neurophysiological and neurological point of view.

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  1. Universität Ulm, 79 Ulm/Donau, Steinhövelstraße 9, W. Germany

    H. H. Kornhuber

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    Hans Peter Zippel (Lehrstuhl II) (Lehrstuhl II)

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Kornhuber, H.H. (1973). Neural Control of Input into Long Term Memory: Limbic System and Amnestic Syndrome in Man. In: Zippel, H.P. (eds) Memory and Transfer of Information. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2052-4_1

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