Amnesia - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Medical decision-making capacity in mild cognitive impairment: a 3-year longitudinal study.

2 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: To investigate longitudinal change in the medical decision-making capacity (MDC) of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) under different consent standards. METHODS: Eighty-eight healthy older controls and 116 patients ... Read more...

Bilateral inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor function within the basolateral amygdala blocked propofol-induced amnesia and activity-regulated cytoskeletal protein expression inhibition in the hippocampus.

30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: It has been reported that bilateral lesions of the basolateral amygdala complex (BLA) blocked propofol-induced amnesia of inhibitory avoidance (IA) training. Based on these results, the authors hypothesized that the amnesia effect of ... Read more...

Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after critical care: the early illness amnesia hypothesis.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To assess the factual and delusional memories reported by intensive care unit survivors and its relationship with the development of Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS). DESIGN: Multicenter observational cohort study. SETTING: Nine ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Amnesia'

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• Medical decision-making capacity in mild cognitive impairment: a 3-year longitudinal study. 2 Nov 2008
• Hypothesis: suppression of memory protein formation underlies anesthetic-induced amnesia. 30 Oct 2008
• Bilateral inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor function within the basolateral amygdala blocked propofol-induced amnesia and activity-regulated cytoskeletal protein expression inhibition in the hippocampus. 30 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
• The intensive care experience: what really matters? 29 Sep 2008
• Learning and generalization deficits in patients with memory impairments due to anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture or hypoxic brain injury. 30 Aug 2008
• Correlating cerebral hypometabolism with future memory decline in subsequent converters to amnestic pre-mild cognitive impairment. 30 Aug 2008
• Reactivation-dependent amnesia in Pavlovian approach and instrumental transfer. 4 Aug 2008
• Patterns of autobiographical memory loss in medial-temporal lobe amnesic patients. 30 Jul 2008
• Low-dose propofol-induced amnesia is not due to a failure of encoding: left inferior prefrontal cortex is still active. 30 Jul 2008
• Effect of rosuvastatin on amnesia and disorientation after traumatic brain injury (NCT003229758). 30 Jul 2008
• Phase 2 safety trial targeting amyloid beta production with a gamma-secretase inhibitor in Alzheimer disease. 30 Jul 2008
• Parallel memory processing by the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus and the basolateral amygdala. 20 Jul 2008
• Recent insights into the impairment of memory in epilepsy: transient epileptic amnesia, accelerated long-term forgetting and remote memory impairment. 7 Jul 2008
• Muscarinic receptor 1 agonist activity of novel N-arylthioureas substituted 3-morpholino arecoline derivatives in Alzheimer's presenile dementia models. 30 Jun 2008
• Association study of the decreased serum BDNF concentrations in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and the Val66Met polymorphism in Chinese Han. 29 Jun 2008
• Visual recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease: repetition-lag effects. 29 Jun 2008
• The development of a measure of motivational changes following acquired brain injury. 29 Jun 2008
• Production and identification repetition priming in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. 29 Jun 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;