Fourteen cases of sudden-onset amnesia with MRI evidence of acute, complete, and bilateral ischemia of the hippocampus and links to opioids and other drugs have been identified in Massachusetts. The ...
An opioid-associated amnestic syndrome has emerged as a unique clinical entity, with distinct findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicating bilateral hippocampal injury. Fentanyl, a ...
Survivors of a fentanyl overdose may have cheated death in the short term, but they may end up with long-term memory loss. Researchers in West Virginia have identified another case of an unusual ...
Prior to recent reports, the combination of these clinical findings were rare and tied to cocaine use, flu, and poisoning The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality ...
We thank Dr. Romayne Gallagher for her letter to the editor1 regarding our article published in CMAJ, which describes a case of bilateral hippocampal injury and amnesia after pharmaceutical fentanyl ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Just over five years ago, a man suffering from amnesia following a suspected drug overdose appeared at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. He was 22, and ...
Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") highlighted in anatomical illustration. Cerebellar means "relating to or located in the cerebellum." Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Over the past ...
Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") highlighted in anatomical illustration. Cerebellar means "relating to or located in the cerebellum." Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Over the past ...
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