The causes and consequences of transient epileptic amnesia
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Author(s)
Butler, Christopher R
Zeman, Adam
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA) is a recently recognised syndrome of epilepsy in which the principle manifestation of seizures is recurrent episodes of isolated memory loss. In this article, we describe the clinical and cognitive profile of this emerging syndrome, and present new data that provide at most weak support for its proposed relationship to cerebrovascular disease. TEA is often associated with two unusual forms of interictal memory impairment: accelerated long-term forgetting and remote memory impairment. We discuss the clinical and theoretical implications of these relatively novel cognitive deficits.
Date Issued
2011-10-31
Date Acceptance
2011-10-31
Citation
Behavioural Neurology: an international journal on the relationship between disordered human behavior and underlying biological mechanisms, 2011, 24 (4), pp.299-305
ISSN
0953-4180
Publisher
Hindawi
Start Page
299
End Page
305
Journal / Book Title
Behavioural Neurology: an international journal on the relationship between disordered human behavior and underlying biological mechanisms
Volume
24
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2011 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297984500005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Clinical Neurology
Neurosciences & Neurology
WHITE-MATTER LESIONS
GLOBAL AMNESIA
COGNITIVE FUNCTION
MEMORY
HYPERINTENSITIES
ANTEROGRADE
IMPAIRMENT
RECOVERY
DEMENTIA
UPDATE
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2011-10-31