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Sexual Intercourse as a Precipitating Factor of Transient Global Amnesia
Author(s) -
Okura Masao,
Nakayama Hiroshi,
Nagamine Isao,
Ikuta Takumi
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1993.tb02023.x
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , amnesia , transient (computer programming) , sexual intercourse , psychology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , population , environmental health , operating system
A Japanese female case of transient global amnesia (TGA), who developed an amnesic episode after sexual intercourse, is reported. The mechanism of how TGA in the present case is precipitated by sexual intercourse could be explained by the elevated blood pressure during sexual intercourse that drops rapidly, causing a temporal ischemia in the distribution of the basilar artery. Furthermore, the importance of sexual intercourse as a precipitating factor of TGA is stressed.