Book Description
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Transient-Global-Amnesia-Talley-Daniel/dp/1477416773
With an article written in 1956 in an obscure medical journal, Morris Bender, a neurologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, first described the temporary syndrome of memory loss. After this medical articles started pouring in (1000 patients reported in 3 decades). The key features of the syndrome: onset of amnesia, the nature of the patient to repeatedly say the same thing over and again in spite of being instructed, "What has happened to me?" "What am I doing here?" "What is the matter?"; the odd same situations that seem to bring the syndrome on: swimming in the ocean, after strong emotion, after sexual intercourse; the normal general neurologic exam with testing, have captivated neurologists and patients for half a century. The recent finding of small dots seen in the hippocampus several days after an attack on MRI scan, which later disappear, has further mystified doctors. Something like 40% of patients with TGA have migraine. This is the first textbook in 21 years on the subject and an interesting read for doctors or affected patients alike.
With an article written in 1956 in an obscure medical journal, Morris Bender, a neurologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, first described the temporary syndrome of memory loss. After this medical articles started pouring in (1000 patients reported in 3 decades). The key features of the syndrome: onset of amnesia, the nature of the patient to repeatedly say the same thing over and again in spite of being instructed, "What has happened to me?" "What am I doing here?" "What is the matter?"; the odd same situations that seem to bring the syndrome on: swimming in the ocean, after strong emotion, after sexual intercourse; the normal general neurologic exam with testing, have captivated neurologists and patients for half a century. The recent finding of small dots seen in the hippocampus several days after an attack on MRI scan, which later disappear, has further mystified doctors. Something like 40% of patients with TGA have migraine. This is the first textbook in 21 years on the subject and an interesting read for doctors or affected patients alike.