Syndromes of Transient Amnesia
Butler C., Zeman A.
An isolated and self-limiting impairment of conscious memory can occur in a variety of clinical contexts including transient global amnesia, transient epileptic amnesia, and psychogenic amnesia. Understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms and neuropsychological profiles of these fascinating syndromes is growing. In this chapter, we describe each in turn, highlighting recent advances in the field, and explore some questions that transient amnesia raises about the relation between consciousness and memory.