Poststroke Amnesia

Amnesia.

Glossary Alcoholic blackout Amnesia without loss of consciousness, in which the intoxicated person retains the ability to perform certain ‘automatized’ behaviors, without any subsequent memory for the episode. Amnesia A special case of forgetting in which the memory loss is greater than would be expected under ordinary circumstances. Anterograde amnesia affects memory for events occurring after...

Poststroke Outcomes

1 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA 2Department of Health Science & Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA 3 Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA 4Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, Medical Universit...

Poststroke apathy.

Poststroke dementia.

The association between stroke and dementia is frequent. The prevalence of poststroke dementia (PSD) ranges from 6 to 32%, depending on the population studied, the criteria used for the diagnosis of dementia, and the time interval between the stroke and the neuropsychological assessment. The risk of PSD is high immediately after stroke and remains higher than in controls in stroke patients nond...

Transient global amnesia mimics: Transient epileptic amnesia

We describe the case of a 79-year-old patient referred for suspected transient global amnesia, after an episode of anterograde amnesia which lasted 90 min. An EEG, performed after the episode, showed bilateral temporal electrographic seizures, orienting the diagnosis toward a transient epileptic amnesia. Transient epileptic amnesia is defined by temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by recurrent...