A disproportionate role for the fornix and mammillary bodies in recall versus recognition memory
The fornix is the major fiber tract connecting the medial temporal lobe and the medial diencephalon. This structural imaging study of individuals with fornix atropy finds that the fornix is important for recall, but not recognition, consistent with the idea that hippocampal inputs are selectively important for recall, rather than recognition.
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