Patient RB

question 118

Multiple Choice

Patient R.B., who sustained brain damage while in cardiac arrest, exhibited profound anterograde amnesia. Which region of his brain was injured?

• A) field CA1 of the hippocampal formation
• B) the perirhinal cortex
• C) the parahippocampal cortex
• D) the amygdala
• E) the central nucleus of the amygdala

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