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Visual association encoding activates the medial temporal lobe: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

S A Rombouts1, W C Machielsen, M P Witter

  • 1Department of Clinical Physics & Engineering, Graduate School for Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hippocampus
|January 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to observe brain activity during visual association tasks. It found medial temporal lobe activation, suggesting a new method for studying memory decline in Alzheimer's disease.

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