Table 1.
Demographic, neuropsychological and neurological characteristics of amnesic patients
WAIS III | WMS III | Volume Loss (%) | ||||||||||
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Patients | Etiology | Age | Edu | VIQ | WMI | GM | VD | AD | L Hipp | R Hipp | Total Hipp | Subhipp |
P01 | Hypoxic - ischemic Status epilepticus | 71 | 12 | 88 | 75 | 52 | 56 | 55 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
P02 | + left temporal lobectomy | 58 | 16 | 93 | 94 | 49 | 53 | 52 | 89% | 37% | 63% | 60%a |
P03 | Hypoxic - ischemic | 65 | 14 | 106 | 115 | 59 | 72 | 52 | 18% | 27% | 22% | - |
P04 | Hypoxic - ischemic | 69 | 17 | 131 | 126 | 86 | 78 | 86 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
P05 | Hypoxic - ischemic | 53 | 12 | 103 | 95 | 59 | 68 | 55 | 45% | 46% | 46% | - |
P06 | Herpes simplex encephalitis | 79 | 13 | 99 | 104 | 49 | 56 | 58 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
P07 | Stroke | 56 | 20 | 111 | 99 | 60 | 65 | 58 | 46% | 43% | 43% | - |
Mean | 64.43 | 14.86 | 104.43 | 101.14 | 59.14 | 64 | 59.43 | |||||
SD | 9.31 | 2.97 | 14.05 | 16.3 | 12.77 | 9.36 | 11.97 |
Note. Age = age in years; Edu = education in years; WAIS-III = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Edition; WMS-III = Wechsler Memory Scale–Third Edition; VIQ = verbal intelligence quotient; WMI = working memory index; GM = general memory; VD = visual delayed; AD = auditory delayed; L= left; R = Right; Hipp = hippocampus; Subhipp = sub-hippocampal cortices; N/A = not available.
Volume loss in left hemisphere, including anterior parahippocampal gyrus (i.e., entorhinal cortex, medial portion of the temporal pole, and the medial portion of perirhinal cortex; see Kan, Giovanello, Schnyer, Makris, & Verfaellie, 2007, for methodology).