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The Amnesias

The Amnesias

A Clinical Textbook of Memory Disorders

9780195172454
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This concise but comprehensive text provides a systematic account of the memory disorders, whether they result from psychological stress, traumatic injury, stroke, or degenerative disease of the brain. The major amnesia syndromes are covered in consistently organized chapters that give a clear description of the clinical signs and symptoms, predisposing factors, prevalence and prognosis, pathophysiology to the extent that it is known, diagnostic approaches including tests used toevaluate the disorders, and therapeutic efforts. The books emphasis is on facts rather than theory, and readers from a variety of disciplines will appreciate its clear, jargon-free, well-organized assessment of the state of knowledge about the memory disorders. These disciplines includeneurobiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation medicine, and gerontology. Even theorists will find the book useful since any theory of memory and its neuropsychological mechanisms must be constrained by the facts of amnesia if it is to be considered complete. The books clearcut scheme of organization will enhance its value and user-friendliness. It divides the amnesias into three types:: progressive, permanent, and transient. The first type includes amnesias associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons, and with vascular dementias, contrasting them with memory decline resulting from normal aging. The second type consists of classis amnesic syndromes associated with limbic lesions of various etiologies such asKorsakoffs encephalopathy and traumatic brain injuries. The third type includes transient global, transient epileptic, and ECT-induced amnesias as well as the reversible psychogenic amnesias associated with dissociative and fugue states. These discussions are preceded by two introductory chaptersthat define the mnemonic and amnesic phenomena, classify the various memory systems and functions, and describe the putative brain circuitry underlying these functions, including molecular mechanisms, neurotransmitter systems, and the effects of stress-related hormones and drugs, with the aid of magnetic resonance images and anatomical drawings.
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OUP USA
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9780195172454
9780195172454

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Publication date
2006
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
336
Dimensions (mm)
163 x 242
Weight (g)
599
  • Phenomenon and Constructs; Putative Brain Mechanisms of the Various Memory Function; Age-related Memory Decline; Amnesia Associated with the Dementias; Semantic Amnesia; Limbic Amnesia; Traumatic Amnesia; Transient Global Amnesia; Transient Eplieptic Amnesia; Electroconvulsive Therapy-Induced Amnesia; Psychogenic Amnesias; Notes for a Theory of Memory; Appendix: Neuropsychological Tests;
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