Hippocampus damage links memory loss to apathy in encephalitis patients, study finds

People with autoimmune limbic encephalitis experience memory loss associated with damage to the hippocampus.

To advance understanding of the link between hippocampal damage and behavioral changes caused by this condition, Bahaaeddin Attaallah of Imperial College London and Maria Raquel Maio of the University of Oxford led a study comparing people with autoimmune limbic encephalitis with healthy controls.

This work is published in JNeurosci. ...