Fornix microstructure correlates with recollection but not familiarity memory.

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The fornix is the main tract between the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and medial diencephalon, both of which are critical for episodic memory. The precise involvement of the fornix in memory, however, has been difficult to ascertain since damage to this tract in human amnesics is invariably accompanied by atrophy to surrounding structures. We used diffusion-weighted imaging to investigate whether individual differences in fornix white matter microstructure in neurologically healthy participants...

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Authors: Rudebeck, SR; Scholz, J; Millington, R; Rohenkohl, G; Johansen-Berg, H

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 47
• Pages: 14987-14992
• Publication date: 2009-11-01
• DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4707-09.2009
• EISSN: 1529-2401
• ISSN: 0270-6474
• Language: English
• Keywords: Hippocampus; Fornix, Brain; Memory; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Neuropsychological Tests; Adult; Mamillary Bodies; Male; Diencephalon; Reference Values; Neural Pathways; Young Adult; Photic Stimulation; Anterior Thalamic Nuclei; Recognition (Psychology); Brain Mapping; Anthropometry; Cognition; Humans