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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001;71:5-6 doi:10.1136/jnnp.71.1.5
  • Editorial commentary

The volumes of memory

  1. R SPERLING
  1. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA reisa@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

      In 1937, Papez described a circuit for the processing of emotions, which has subsequently proved to be critical for memory function.1 Various pathological entities can affect structures in this circuit, resulting in amnestic syndromes. In this issue of the Journal (pp 13–28), two related papers by Colchester et al 2 and Kopelman et al 3 used volumetric MR to assess the differing patterns of …

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