What does transient global amnesia really mean? Review of the literature and thorough study of 142 cases

P Quinette, B Guillery-Girard, J Dayan, V Sayette… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Since the first reports of transient global amnesia (TGA) were published in 1956, several
neuropsychological and functional imaging studies have shed light on different aspects of …

New insights into transient global amnesia: recent imaging and clinical findings

K Sander, D Sander - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is one of the most striking syndromes in clinical neurology.
Despite several new hypotheses concerning TGA pathogenesis—including psychological …

Factors associated with risk of recurrent transient global amnesia

KA Morris, AA Rabinstein, NP Young - JAMA neurology, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transient global amnesia (TGA) is usually considered a benign event with a low
recurrence rate. However, recurrence rates vary considerably among studies and there are …

Transient global amnesia: increasing evidence of a venous etiology

MM González, MM Rivera - Archives of neurology, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
First recognized by Morris Bender in 1956, 1 the disorder was named transient global
amnesia (TGA) by C. Miller Fisher and Raymond Adams 2 years later. 2 Since then, there …

Transient acute neurologic sequelae of sexual activity: headache and amnesia

AJ Larner - The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Sexual activity may on occasion be complicated by neurologic syndromes of
headache and amnesia. These syndromes may be alarming not only to patients but also to …

Value of dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI in the acute phase of transient global amnesia

A Förster, M Al-Zghloul, HU Kerl, J Böhme, B Mürle… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a transitory, short-lasting neurological disorder
characterized by a sudden onset of antero-and retrograde amnesia. Perfusion abnormalities …

[HTML][HTML] A case of transient global amnesia triggered by sexual intercourse

E Askar, H Gill, N Singh - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is described as a sudden onset of anterograde and
retrograde amnesia. In this case report, we present a case of a 52-year-old man who came …

“Forgettable” sex: a case of transient global amnesia presenting to the emergency department

K Maloy, JE Davis - The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Background: Transient global amnesia is characterized by the sudden development of
dense anterograde amnesia, without alteration in level of consciousness and in the absence …

[PDF][PDF] Memoria y metamemoria durante la amnesia global transitoria: estudio comparativo sobre su evolución a largo plazo

E Marín-García, JM Ruiz-Vargas - Rev Neurol, 2011 - researchgate.net
Objetivos. Evaluar la afectación de la memoria episódica de los pacientes con AGT durante
el episodio amnésico ya los 7, 30 y 90 días después, con la tarea de recuerdo libre y con el …

Amnesia as a sex-related adverse event.

AJ Larner - British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents a case report of a 61-year-old man who was diagnosed with transient
global amnesia triggered by sexual activity. He was referred to a general practitioner (GP) …