Widespread cognitive impairment in psychogenic anterograde amnesia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-586

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a,b   Rao, Shobini L ^b   Sunny, Biju ^b   Gangadhar, Bangalore N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Dissociative amnesia; Psychogenic anterograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36849006026     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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