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12023067

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is characterized by a profound but transient deficit of episodic memory. The study of cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism with positron emission tomography (PET) provides relevant pathophysiologic data, but only three patients have been reported so far and in only one was concomitant neuropsychological testing performed. We report here the concomitant neuropsychological and PET assessment of two additional patients. Episodic disturbance was characterized by a storage disturbance for one case and an incapacity to learn episodic associations in the other, illustrating cognitive heterogeneity despite similar neurological presentation. PET findings disclosed mild but significant changes in the amygdala (right or left) and left posterior hippocampus, which could account for both the storage disturbance and the inability to associate episodic components. The PET findings also argued in favor of a vascular disturbance accompanying TGA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
325
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient global amnesia: concomitant episodic memory and positron emission tomography assessment in two additional patients.
pubmed:affiliation
EMI - INSERM E218 Université de Caen, Centre Cyceron, Laboratoire de Neuropsychologie, CHU Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports