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  • Title: Widespread cognitive impairment in psychogenic anterograde amnesia.
    Author: Kumar S, Rao SL, Sunny B, Gangadhar BN.
    Journal: Psychiatry Clin Neurosci; 2007 Dec; 61(6):583-6. PubMed ID: 18081616.
    Abstract:
    A 34-year-old man without a past history of any psychiatric or neurological disorder developed severe anterograde amnesia following a psychological trauma. Initial assessment of neuropsychological functions 3 months after the psychological trauma indicated severe memory deficits for acquiring new information in both verbal and visual modalities with widespread cognitive deficits in attention, executive functions, and intellectual ability. Importantly, working and remote memory were intact. The case illustrates that psychogenic anterograde amnesia might be associated with a wider range of cognitive deficits. Possible neurobiological explanations are discussed to explain large cognitive impairments associated with anterograde psychogenic amnesia.
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