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Neuropsychological testing during a transient global amnesia episode and its follow‐up
Author(s) -
Caffarra P.,
Moretti G.,
Mazzucchi A.,
Parma M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1981.tb00747.x
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , amnesia , neuropsychology , retrograde amnesia , psychology , memory disorder , memory impairment , neuropsychological assessment , modalities , neuropsychological testing , persistence (discontinuity) , audiology , medicine , cognitive disorder , psychiatry , cognitive impairment , cognition , social science , geotechnical engineering , sociology , engineering
A case of transient global amnesia has been neuropsychologically assessed during the attack. Global involvement of any memory modalities and far‐reaching retrograde amnesia were found. Follow‐up retesting, 1 week and 6 months later, showed persistence of mild verbal memory impairment.
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