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transient global amnesia  

Definition

  • "a relatively stereotyped episode characterised by an abrupt and self-limited disruption in anterograde memory, with concurrent retrograde amnesia of variable extent, but without loss of self-awareness, or clouding of consciousness, or other focal neurological deficit." (Larner, 2022, p. 138).

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  • TGA

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Larner, A. J. (2022). Transient global amnesia: Model, mechanism, hypothesis. Cortex, 149, 137–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.01.011

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Quinette, P., Noël, A., Desgranges, B., Sayette, V. de la, Viader, F., & Eustache, F. (2009). Les questions de l’ictus amnésique idiopathique. Revue de neuropsychologie, 1(2), 170–174. https://doi.org/10.3917/rne.012.0170

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Sandikci, V., Ebert, A., Hoyer, C., Platten, M., & Szabo, K. (2022). Impaired semantic memory during acute transient global amnesia. Journal of Neuropsychology, 16(1), 149–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12251

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Spiegel, D. R., Smith, J., Wade, R. R., Cherukuru, N., Ursani, A., Dobruskina, Y., Crist, T., Busch, R. F., Dhanani, R. M., & Dreyer, N. (2017). Transient global amnesia : Current perspectives. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Volume 13, 2691‑2703. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S130710

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Viader, F., Quinette, P., & Cogez, J. (2021). Les amnésies transitoires. Bulletin de l’Académie Nationale de Médecine, 205(2), 139‑148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.banm.2020.12.019

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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