Open AccessTransient Global Amnesia: Risk Factors, Imaging Features, and Prognosis
Author(s) -
Shunpo He,
Zhenzhen Ye,
Qianying Yang,
Jianzhong Lin,
Xingyu Chen,
Zhongjie Chen,
Liangyi Chen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s299168
Subject(s) - transient global amnesia , medicine , migraine , hippocampal formation , family history , magnetic resonance imaging , hippocampus , functional magnetic resonance imaging , amnesia , anesthesia , psychiatry , radiology
Transient global amnesia (TGA) was first described by Bender in 1956 and is characterized by sudden, temporary, and anterograde memory loss. This study aimed to explore the possible mechanisms of and lesions responsible for TGA.