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Transient global amnesia

Nature

This consists of an abrupt loss of memory, lasting from a few seconds to several hours, without any loss of consciousness. No information is stored for that period and thus there is complete loss of memory. Such attacks may be recurrent and are thought to result from temporary reductions in blood supply to specific areas of the brain (possibly presaging a stroke). Actions may continue to be performed automatically during the attack (traumatic automatism). Analogous phenomena may occur in the case of collective memory.

Broader

Memory defects
Presentable

Value

Transience
Yet to rate
Nonglobalized
Yet to rate
Amnesia
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsSustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
E0355
DOCID
11503550
D7NID
187488
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Mar 14, 2023