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By Andrew C. Papanicolaou

This concise yet entire textual content presents a scientific account of the reminiscence issues, whether or not they consequence from mental pressure, nerve-racking damage, stroke, or degenerative ailment of the mind. the main amnesia syndromes are lined in continually geared up chapters that provide a transparent description of the medical symptoms, predisposing components, incidence and analysis, pathophysiology to the level that it's identified, diagnostic methods together with exams used to judge the issues, and healing efforts. The book's emphasis is on proof instead of concept, and readers from a number of disciplines will have fun with its transparent, jargon-free, well-organized evaluation of the kingdom of data concerning the reminiscence issues. those disciplines comprise neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation drugs, and gerontology. Even theorists will locate the e-book important because any concept of reminiscence and its neurophysiological mechanisms has to be limited via the proof of amnesia whether it is to be thought of complete.

The book's clearcut scheme of association will improve its price and user-friendliness. It divides the amnesias into 3 kinds: revolutionary, everlasting, and brief. the 1st variety contains amnesias linked to neurodegenerative illnesses corresponding to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and with vascular dementias, contrasting them with reminiscence decline caused by basic getting older. the second one kind involves vintage amnesic syndromes linked to limbic lesions of varied etiologies corresponding to Korsakoff's encephalopathy and disturbing mind accidents. The 3rd variety contains temporary worldwide, brief epileptic, and ECT-induced amnesias in addition to the reversible psychogenic amnesias linked to dissociative and fugue states. those discussions are preceded via introductory chapters that outline the mnemonic and amnesic phenomena, classify a number of the reminiscence structures and services, and describe the putative mind circuitry underlying those features, together with molecular mechanisms, neurotransmitter structures, and the results of stress-related hormones and medicine, as a result of magnetic resonance pictures and anatomical drawings.

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