The Amnesias: A Clinical Textbook of Memory Disorders by Andrew C. Papanicolaou PDF

By Andrew C. Papanicolaou

ISBN-10: 0195172450

ISBN-13: 9780195172454

This concise yet complete textual content presents a scientific account of the reminiscence issues, whether or not they outcome from mental tension, annoying harm, stroke, or degenerative affliction of the mind. the main amnesia syndromes are lined in regularly equipped chapters that supply a transparent description of the scientific symptoms, predisposing components, incidence and diagnosis, pathophysiology to the level that it's identified, diagnostic ways together with exams used to guage the problems, and healing efforts. The book's emphasis is on proof instead of thought, and readers from a number of disciplines will savour its transparent, jargon-free, well-organized evaluate of the nation of data in regards to the reminiscence issues. those disciplines comprise neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation medication, and gerontology. Even theorists will locate the e-book valuable seeing that any idea of reminiscence and its neurophysiological mechanisms needs to be limited through the proof of amnesia whether it is to be thought of complete.

The book's clearcut scheme of association will increase its price and user-friendliness. It divides the amnesias into 3 kinds: innovative, everlasting, and temporary. the 1st kind contains amnesias linked to neurodegenerative illnesses comparable to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and with vascular dementias, contrasting them with reminiscence decline due to basic getting older. the second one sort comprises vintage amnesic syndromes linked to limbic lesions of assorted etiologies similar to Korsakoff's encephalopathy and worrying mind accidents. The 3rd sort comprises brief international, temporary epileptic, and ECT-induced amnesias in addition to the reversible psychogenic amnesias linked to dissociative and fugue states. those discussions are preceded through introductory chapters that outline the mnemonic and amnesic phenomena, classify a number of the reminiscence platforms and capabilities, and describe the putative mind circuitry underlying those features, together with molecular mechanisms, neurotransmitter structures, and the results of stress-related hormones and medication, simply by magnetic resonance photos and anatomical drawings.

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