Amnesia by Arian Gupta

Image 1

ariang — 2015-12-08 22:36:50 UTC

Title: Posterior and inferior cornua of left lateral ventricle exposed from the side

Author: Henry Vandyke Carter

Source: Henry Gray

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus

Definition/Explanation

ariang — 2015-12-08 22:41:01 UTC

Definition: loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.

Explanation: A temporary or life-long loss of memory usually caused by head trauma or disease.

Cause of Amnesia

ariang — 2015-12-08 22:46:53 UTC

Amnesia is usually caused by head injury, use of drugs, usually sedatives, or brain diseases such as Alzheimer's.

Prevention and Treatment

ariang — 2015-12-08 22:49:02 UTC

Prevention: Amnesia can be prevented by doing things that are good for the brain, such as eating nutritious foods, getting a lot of exercise, and keeping the mind active.

Treatment: Amnesia can be treated with hypnosis, where a psychotherapist puts them in a trance to help remember lost memories. Another treatment is memory training.

Amnesia by Jenny MacKay

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:24:31 UTC

Title: Amnesia

Author: Jenny MacKay

Source: Gale, Cengage Learning

Short and Long Term Effects

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:26:41 UTC

Amnesia can eliminate certain memories, either short term or long term, for a few seconds, a few hours, or even the rest of your life. The effect is memory loss, but most symptoms are curable.

Symptoms

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:37:52 UTC

If you've had a traumatic brain injury or a brain disease and you can't remember certain events, then you probably have amnesia. Such events might be things like a doctor's appointment, or where you grew up.

Who is Susceptible?

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:42:12 UTC

Pretty much everyone who has a brain and memories, or is not dead, is vulnerable to amnesia.

Effected Body Systems

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:45:08 UTC

The neurological system, mainly the memories, are affected by amnesia.

http://www.lifeextension.com/protocols/neurological/amnesia/Page-01

Image 2

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:47:59 UTC

Title: Traumatic brain injury causes

Author: Delldot

Source: Delldot

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_disorder

Historical Background

adams9 — 2015-12-09 21:55:09 UTC

A French psychologist named Theodule-Armand Ribot who was one of the first people to study amnesia. He proposed a theory, which stated that there was a time gradient in retrograde amnesia. This theory, or law, called Ribot's law, gives a logical explanation to a person's memory loss. Retrograde amnesia is where the person is able to learn new things, but cannot remember his/her past. The other type, called anterograde amnesia, is where the person is not able to remember new things, because the data is not processed by his/her's brain. There was a man named Henry Molaison, also called H.M., who helped scientists make great advances in the area of anterograde amnesia. He had a severe case of it, and did not know what was happening to him. Eventually, Henry Molaison went to a doctor, and got brain surgery. The scientists and doctors learned a lot from studying his brain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia

Amnesia

ariang — 2015-12-10 00:38:27 UTC

Adam Schulman and Ari Gupta

Image 3

ariang — 2015-12-10 22:23:19 UTC

Title: Theodule-Armand Ribot

Author: Paul Carus

Source: The Open Court, Volume 20

Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodule-Armand_Ribot.jpg

Image 4

ariang — 2015-12-15 22:19:11 UTC

Title: The Man Who Forgot Everything

Author: Steven Shapin

Source: The New Yorker

Link: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-man-who-forgot-everything