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Amnesia - Etiology
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Definition of 'Amnesia'Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (AMNESIA, RETROGRADE) or to form new memories (AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE). This condition may be of organic or psychologic origin. Organic forms of amnesia are usually associated with dysfunction of the DIENCEPHALON or HIPPOCAMPUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-7) Common names: Amnesia; Amnesias; Amnesia-Memory Loss; Amnesia Memory Loss; Amnesia-Memory Losses; Amnesia, Global; Amnesias, Global; Global Amnesia; Global Amnesias; Amnestic State; Amnestic States; State, Amnestic; States, Amnestic; Amnesia, Tactile; Amnesias, Tactile; Tactile Amnesia; Tactile Amnesias |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
29 Jun 2009 
INTRODUCTION: Memory impairment caused by bilateral hippocampal primitive brain tumor is rarely reported. Clinical and MRI features can mimic paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE), and the differential diagnosis between these 2 entities may be ... Read more...
16 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Clinical subtypes of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may represent different underlying aetiologies. METHODS: This European, multicentre, memory clinic based study (DESCRIPA) of non-demented subjects investigated whether MCI subtypes ... Read more...
Longitudinal brain metabolic changes from amnestic mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease.
26 May 2009 
A sensitive marker for monitoring progression of early Alzheimer's disease would help to develop and test new therapeutic strategies. The present study is aimed at investigating brain metabolism changes over time, as a potential monitoring marker, ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Amnesia - Etiology'
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- Thanks for the memories.
30 Aug 2009 - Comment on "Aphasic or amnesic status epilepticus detected on PET but not EEG". 30 Jul 2009
- Bilateral temporal glioma presenting as a paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis with pure cognitive impairment. 29 Jun 2009
- White matter hyperintensities and medial temporal lobe atrophy in clinical subtypes of mild cognitive impairment: the DESCRIPA study. 16 Jun 2009
- Longitudinal brain metabolic changes from amnestic mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. 26 May 2009
- Communicating using the eyes without remembering it: cognitive rehabilitation in a severely brain-injured patient with amnesia, tetraplegia and anarthria. 30 Mar 2009
- Spontaneous intracranial hypotension manifesting as an amnestic syndrome. 3 Mar 2009
- Rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder secondary to acute aseptic limbic encephalitis. 23 Feb 2009
- Pure progressive amnesia as variant of genetically proven Alzheimer disease. 30 Jan 2009
- Return of memory and sleep efficiency following moderate to severe closed head injury. 24 Jan 2009
- Amnesia, political ambition, and canned tuna. 22 Jan 2009
- [Arterial hypertension and cognitive deficts] 13 Jan 2009
- [Memory recall as treatment lacks scientific support] 30 Dec 2008
- Classification schema of posttraumatic amnesia duration-based injury severity relative to 1-year outcome: analysis of individuals with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury. 30 Dec 2008
- Long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal CA1 neurons following sleep-deprivation. Dec 2008
- Skew deviation as the initial manifestation of left paramedian thalamic infarction. 29 Nov 2008
- The chicken with four legs: a case of semantic amnesia and cryptogenic epilepsy. 3 Nov 2008
- A treatable form of amnesia and rapid cognitive decline. 22 Oct 2008
- Topographic disorientation and amnesia due to cerebral hemorrhage in the left retrosplenial region. 9 Oct 2008
- Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after critical care: the early illness amnesia hypothesis. 29 Sep 2008
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Technical information about 'Amnesia'
Definition: Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (AMNESIA, RETROGRADE) or to form new memories (AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE). This condition may be of organic or psychologic origin. Organic forms of amnesia are usually associated with dysfunction of the DIENCEPHALON or HIPPOCAMPUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-7)
Descriptor UI: D000647
Alternative terms: Amnesia; Amnesias; Amnesia-Memory Loss; Amnesia Memory Loss; Amnesia-Memory Losses; Amnesia, Global; Amnesias, Global; Global Amnesia; Global Amnesias; Amnestic State; Amnestic States; State, Amnestic; States, Amnestic; Amnesia, Tactile; Amnesias, Tactile; Tactile Amnesia; Tactile Amnesias; Amnesia, Temporary; Amnesias, Temporary; Temporary Amnesia; Temporary Amnesias; Amnesia, Dissociative; Amnesias, Dissociative; Dissociative Amnesia; Dissociative Amnesias; Amnesia, Hysterical; Amnesias, Hysterical; Hysterical Amnesia; Hysterical Amnesias;
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Tree Number: C10.597.606.525.100; C23.888.592.604.529.100; F01.700.625.100; F03.087.200;