title: [Anatomy and memory].
abstract: Bilateral lesions involving the medial aspect of the hemisphere may induce pure amnestic syndromes. Which neural elements have to be destroyed remains open to question: hippocampus, mamillary body, dorso-medial nucleus of the thalamus play probably a role at one point or another of the memory process. Lesions of the dorso-lateral part of the frontal lobe disturb the chronological order of memories. Il has been suggested that 2 systems were involved: the first one is hippocampo-mamillo-thalamic (Papez circuit), the second one is amygdalo-thalamo-frontal. The respective role of each of these circuits remain controversial.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de neuropathologie R.-Escurolle, hôpital de La Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duyckaerts
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seilhean
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delaère
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Anatomie et mémoire.