Memory Disorders - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A 76-year-old man with cognitive and neurological symptoms.

29 Sep 2009 A 76-year-old man presented with cognitive symptoms, followed by headache and weakness of the lower limbs and left arm. The clinical course was progressive but fluctuating. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a contrast-enhancing lesion 1 cm in ... Read more...

Baseline CSF p-tau levels independently predict progression of hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer disease.

20 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether baseline CSF biomarkers are associated with hippocampal atrophy rate as a measure of disease progression in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and controls, ... Read more...

Successful use of donepezil in treatment of cognitive impairment caused by maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: a case report.

30 Aug 2009 Cognitive deficits are commonly associated with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Treatment of these cognitive deficits is important but difficult. Cholinergic pathways are involved in these side effects, and donepezil, a cholinesterase ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Memory Disorders - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A 76-year-old man with cognitive and neurological symptoms. 29 Sep 2009
• Baseline CSF p-tau levels independently predict progression of hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer disease. 20 Sep 2009
• Successful use of donepezil in treatment of cognitive impairment caused by maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Postconcussion syndrome after minor head injury: brain activation of working memory and attention. 30 Aug 2009
• Working-memory fMRI reveals cingulate hyperactivation in euthymic major depression. 30 Aug 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy: the struggles in the decision-making process and the aftermath of treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Akinetopsia in the posterior cortical variant of Alzheimer disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Cognitive and problem solving training in children with cancer: a pilot project. 30 Aug 2009
• Calcineurin contributes to spatial memory impairment induced by rapid eye movement sleep deprivation. 24 Aug 2009
• Neurocognitive contributions to verbal fluency deficits in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. 16 Aug 2009
• Cognitive and radiological effects of radiotherapy in patients with low-grade glioma: long-term follow-up. 5 Aug 2009
• [Cognitive modifications associated with tobacco smoking] 5 Aug 2009
• Kidney function is associated with the rate of cognitive decline in the elderly. 3 Aug 2009
• Oxygen treatment triggers cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's transgenic mice. 3 Aug 2009
• Virtual reality tasks disclose spatial memory alterations in fibromyalgia. 2 Aug 2009
• Cognitive activities delay onset of memory decline in persons who develop dementia. 2 Aug 2009
• Neuropsychological changes after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults. Case report. 30 Jul 2009
• Prenatal psychosocial stress exposure is associated with subsequent working memory performance in young women. 30 Jul 2009
• The patient's experience of memory change after elective temporal lobe resection. 30 Jul 2009
• "I can't remember": memory deficits in children with epilepsy. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Memory Disorders'

Definition: Disturbances in registering an impression, in the retention of an acquired impression, or in the recall of an impression. Memory impairments are associated with DEMENTIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENCEPHALITIS; ALCOHOLISM (see also ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER); SCHIZOPHRENIA; and other conditions.

Descriptor UI: D008569

Alternative terms: Memory Disorders; Memory Disorder; Retention Disorders, Cognitive; Cognitive Retention Disorder; Cognitive Retention Disorders; Retention Disorder, Cognitive; Memory Loss; Memory Losses; Memory Disorder, Semantic; Memory Disorders, Semantic; Semantic Memory Disorders; Semantic Memory Disorder; Memory Disorder, Spatial; Memory Disorders, Spatial; Spatial Memory Disorders; Spatial Memory Disorder; Age-Related Memory Disorders; Age Related Memory Disorders; Age-Related Memory Disorder; Memory Disorder, Age-Related; Memory Disorders, Age-Related; Memory Disorders, Age Related; Memory Deficits; Deficit, Memory; Deficits, Memory; Memory Deficit;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.525; C23.888.592.604.529; F01.700.625;

History Note: 1969