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What part of the brain is injured in amnesiac patients?
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Dr Nicholas Bradfield
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Psychologist
Dr Bradfield is a Clinical Neuropsychologist working in private practice and in the public health system in Melbourne, Australia. He has clinical experience conducting neuropsychological … View Profile
Amnesia can occur as a result of damage to many places in the brain. Most commonly:
- The classic location is the hippocampus and surrounding structures such as the parahippocampal gyrus and entorhinal area
- The thalamus
- The basal forebrain
- Global or diffuse damage that affects widespread areas of the brain
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- The classic location is the hippocampus and surrounding structures such as the parahippocampal gyrus and entorhinal area
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