Infarction in the pars libera of the column of fornix including pre (cholinergic)- and post (circuit of Papez fiber tracts)-commissural fibers causes "basal forebrain" amnesia.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan, 980-8574, mugi@rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp.
Shunji
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Mugikura
Shoki
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Takahashi
D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*