title: Severe tactual memory deficits in monkeys after combined removal of the amygdala and hippocampus.
abstract: Monkeys with bilateral removals of both the amygdaloid complex and hippocampal formation were far more severely impaired on a tactual memory task than were monkeys with removal of either structure alone. These data parallel earlier findings on visual memory in monkeys and suggest that: (i) the memory deficit following combined ablations of the amygdala and hippocampus is multimodal; and (ii) the global anterograde amnesia observed in patients with medial temporal-lobe damage is also due to combined damage to these two structures.
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*