书目名称 | Clinical Disorders of Memory | 编辑 | Aman U. Khan | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Critical Issues in Psychiatry | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Memory is essential for the retention of learning. In the presence of memory deficits, new learning is impaired and performance of previously learned habits deteriorates. What is the nature of memory? Where does it reside in the brain? What biological events are associated with the formation and retrieval of memory? These questions are explored in the first chapter of this volume. The answers are not final, but we have learned a great deal about memory processes during the past few decades. Memory is influenced by most of the pathological processes that influ ence the brain such as infection, trauma, cerebrovascular disorders, and met abolic and degenerative diseases. The nature and course of memory impairment are unique for each of the disorders and are fairly distinguishable. More than fifty conditions are known to cause dementia, which now affects several million Americans. In Alzheimer‘s disease, memory disorder predominates for two to three years before other intellectual functions are affected. Many neurological diseases, such as Huntington‘s disease, Friedreich‘s ataxia, and multiple sclerosis, are associated with progressive memory deficits. Forgetting is a problem that b | 出版日期 | Book 1986 | 关键词 | Alzheimer; age; alzheimer‘s disease; brain; dementia; trauma | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5128-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4684-5130-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4684-5128-3 | copyright | Plenum Publishing Corporation 1986 |
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