Brain, Vol 120, Issue 8 1377-1399, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
NE Kroll, HJ Markowitsch, RT Knight and DY von Cramon
Extensive neuropsychological testing is reported on two chronic patients
with combined temporopolar and prefrontal damage, dominantly
left-hemispheric, and, as control, one chronic patient with bi- hemispheric
prefrontal damage. The principal finding is that combined temporofrontal
damage, but not substantial prefrontal damage alone, results in marked
retrograde memory deficits while leaving intelligence and new learning
relatively unimpaired. Although their general world knowledge was good, the
temporopolar patients demonstrated retrograde memory impairments on several
tests of past events and faces of previously famous people. With respect to
retrograde autobiographical memory, one of the temporopolar patients was
severely impaired and the other was judged to be moderately impaired. The
control patient appeared to be normal. These results, together with
corresponding data from related single case and dynamic imaging studies,
strongly support a crucial role of the temporofrontal junction area in the
ecphory of old memories.
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