A report on Anterograde amnesia
Loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.
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Midazolam
2 linksBenzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.
Benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, procedural sedation, and severe agitation.
It works by inducing sleepiness, decreasing anxiety, and causing a loss of ability to create new memories.
Temporal lobe
5 linksOne of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals.
One of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals.
The medial temporal lobes include the hippocampi, which are essential for memory storage, therefore damage to this area can result in impairment in new memory formation leading to permanent or temporary anterograde amnesia.
Alprazolam
3 linksFast-acting tranquilizer of medium duration in the triazolobenzodiazepine class, which are benzodiazepines (BZDs) fused with a triazole ring.
Fast-acting tranquilizer of medium duration in the triazolobenzodiazepine class, which are benzodiazepines (BZDs) fused with a triazole ring.
Anterograde amnesia and concentration problems
Eszopiclone
3 linksMedication used in the treatment of insomnia.
Medication used in the treatment of insomnia.
Long-term use of sedative-hypnotics for insomnia lacks an evidence base and has traditionally been discouraged for reasons that include concerns about such potential adverse drug effects as cognitive impairment (anterograde amnesia), daytime sedation, motor incoordination, and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents and falls.
Explicit memory
6 linksOne of the two main types of long-term human memory, the other of which is implicit memory.
One of the two main types of long-term human memory, the other of which is implicit memory.
Guy Pearce plays an ex-insurance investigator suffering from severe anterograde amnesia caused by a head injury.
Temazepam
3 linksMedication of the benzodiazepine class which is now generally used to treat severe or debilitating insomnia.
Medication of the benzodiazepine class which is now generally used to treat severe or debilitating insomnia.
Anterograde amnesia may also develop, as may respiratory depression in higher doses.
Transient global amnesia
1 linksNeurological disorder whose key defining characteristic is a temporary but almost total disruption of short-term memory with a range of problems accessing older memories.
Neurological disorder whose key defining characteristic is a temporary but almost total disruption of short-term memory with a range of problems accessing older memories.
Both TGA and anterograde amnesia deal with disruptions of short-term memory.
Zopiclone
2 linksNonbenzodiazepine used to treat difficulty sleeping.
Nonbenzodiazepine used to treat difficulty sleeping.
Long-term use of sedative-hypnotics for insomnia lacks an evidence base and is discouraged for reasons that include concerns about such potential adverse drug effects as cognitive impairment (anterograde amnesia), daytime sedation, motor incoordination, and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents and falls.
Blackout (drug-related amnesia)
1 linksPhenomenon caused by the intake of any substance or medication in which short-term and long-term memory creation is impaired, therefore causing a complete inability to recall the past.
Phenomenon caused by the intake of any substance or medication in which short-term and long-term memory creation is impaired, therefore causing a complete inability to recall the past.
Blackouts are frequently described as having effects similar to that of anterograde amnesia, in which the subject cannot recall any events after the event that caused amnesia.
Flunitrazepam
1 linksBenzodiazepine used to treat severe insomnia and assist with anesthesia.
Benzodiazepine used to treat severe insomnia and assist with anesthesia.
This may appear as lack of concentration, confusion and anterograde amnesia—the inability to create memories while under the influence.