Recovery and compensatory strategies in head injured memory impaired people several years after insult.

Recovery and compensatory strategies in head injured memory impaired people several years after insult.

A follow up study of 29 patients with traumatic head injury who were referred for memory therapy five to 10 years earlier is described. Of the original sample, 28 were traced, one had died, and one refused to take part, thus leaving 26 subjects who were seen and reassessed. Most (21) were living in their own homes with relatives, friends or alone; the others were in long term residential care o...

Trend of Memory Recovery after Benzodiazepine Overdose

Because of difference in the toxicokinetic and pharmacokinetic characteristics of drugs and with respect to the high rate of benzodiazepine abuse in suicidal attempts, the trend of possible anterograde amnesia after recovery from benzodiazepine overdose were evaluated in Iranian patients. This was a prospective descriptive/analytic clinical trial, which was conducted, in Noor general teaching h...

Pattern of Gustatory Impairment and Its Recovery after Head and Neck Irradiation

Introduction: Themajority of patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy frequently complain of changes in their taste perception, and other distressing symptoms affecting their quality of life. This study was undertaken to determine the pattern of gustatory impairment and its recovery in irradiated head and neck cancer patients in India.   Materials and Methods: Thirty patients undergoing ...

Compensatory Neurogenesis in the Injured Adult Brain

trend of memory recovery after benzodiazepine overdose

because of difference in the toxicokinetic and pharmacokinetic characteristics of drugs and with respect to the high rate of benzodiazepine abuse in suicidal attempts, the trend of possible anterograde amnesia after recovery from benzodiazepine overdose were evaluated in iranian patients. this was a prospective descriptive/analytic clinical trial, which was conducted, in noor general teaching h...