{"id":4,"date":"2010-10-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/?p=132"},"modified":"2022-01-04T21:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:06:27","slug":"linoubliable-cerveau-dun-amnesique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/debutant\/2010\/10\/26\/linoubliable-cerveau-dun-amnesique\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019inoubliable cerveau d\u2019un amn\u00e9sique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-molaison.jpg\" alt=\"henry-molaison\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Le 2 d\u00e9cembre 2008 disparaissait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 82 ans la personne ayant probablement contribu\u00e9 plus que quiconque \u00e0 notre compr\u00e9hension de <a href=\"http:\/\/lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/flash\/d\/d_07\/d_07_p\/d_07_p_tra\/d_07_p_tra.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">la m\u00e9moire humaine<\/span><\/a>. Henry Molaison n\u2019\u00e9tait pas neurologue mais un patient \u00e9pileptique auquel on avait enlev\u00e9 en 1953, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 27 ans, les deux <a href=\"http:\/\/lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/flash\/d\/d_07\/d_07_cr\/d_07_cr_tra\/d_07_cr_tra.html#2\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">hippocampes c\u00e9r\u00e9braux<\/span><\/a> pour diminuer ses graves crises d\u2019\u00e9pilepsie. L\u2019op\u00e9ration fut un succ\u00e8s pour contr\u00f4ler l\u2019\u00e9pilepsie mais eut un effet secondaire impr\u00e9vu\u00a0: elle emporta avec elle sa <a href=\"http:\/\/lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/flash\/a\/a_07\/a_07_p\/a_07_p_tra\/a_07_p_tra.html#3\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">m\u00e9moire d\u00e9clarative<\/span><\/a>.<img src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>R\u00e9v\u00e9lant du coup l\u2019importance capitale de l\u2019hippocampe dans <a href=\"http:\/\/lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/flash\/d\/d_07\/d_07_p\/d_07_p_tra\/d_07_p_tra.html#2\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">la m\u00e9moire \u00e0 long terme<\/span><\/a>, H.M. devint le patient le plus \u00e9tudi\u00e9 de l\u2019histoire des neurosciences (d\u2019o\u00f9 les abr\u00e9viations pour pr\u00e9server son intimit\u00e9). Et ce n\u2019est pas fini, puisque pr\u00e8s d\u2019un an jour pour jour apr\u00e8s sa mort, son cerveau vient d\u2019\u00eatre coup\u00e9 en pr\u00e8s de 2600 minces tranches qui seront ensuite color\u00e9es, num\u00e9ris\u00e9es et rendues accessibles gratuitement sur Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Comme <a href=\"http:\/\/lecerveau.mcgill.ca\/flash\/a\/a_07\/a_07_p\/a_07_p_oub\/a_07_p_oub.html#3\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">l\u2019amn\u00e9sie ant\u00e9rograde de H.M.<\/span><\/a> \u00e9tait extr\u00eamement bien document\u00e9e au niveau de ses capacit\u00e9s psychologiques, les chercheurs pourront pendant de nombreuses ann\u00e9es encore continuer \u00e0 chercher des corr\u00e9lations entre celles-ci et l\u2019anatomie particuli\u00e8re de son cerveau.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/sciencenow\/0407\/02-cork.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/i_lien.gif\" alt=\"i_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The Man Who Couldn\u2019t Remember<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/05\/us\/05hm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/i_lien.gif\" alt=\"i_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neuropsychologie.fr\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=687:lincroyable-parcours-du-cerveau-dhenry-molaison&amp;catid=139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/i_lien.gif\" alt=\"i_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> L&rsquo;incroyable parcours du cerveau d&rsquo;Henry Molaison <\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/neurophilosophy\/2009\/12\/project_hm_phase_i.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScienceblogsChannelBrain+%28ScienceBlogs+Channel+%3A+Brain+%26+Behavior%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/i_lien.gif\" alt=\"i_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> Project H.M., Phase I<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HM_(patient)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/i_lien.gif\" alt=\"i_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> HM (patient)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu\/hmblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog-lecerveau.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a_lien.gif\" alt=\"a_lien\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">H.M. Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 2 d\u00e9cembre 2008 disparaissait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 82 ans la personne ayant probablement contribu\u00e9 plus que quiconque \u00e0 notre compr\u00e9hension de la m\u00e9moire humaine. Henry Molaison n\u2019\u00e9tait pas neurologue mais un patient \u00e9pileptique auquel on avait enlev\u00e9 en 1953, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 27 ans, les deux hippocampes c\u00e9r\u00e9braux pour diminuer ses graves crises d\u2019\u00e9pilepsie. 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