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Declarative memory loss

MedGen UID:
1780969
•Concept ID:
C5539761
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Impaired declarative memory
 
HPO: HP:0033692

Definition

Impaired ability to remember facts and events. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDeclarative memory loss

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised: normative data and clinical utility of learning indices in Parkinson's disease.
Havlík F, Mana J, Dušek P, Jech R, Růžička E, Kopeček M, Georgi H, Bezdicek O
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2020 Dec;42(10):1099-1110. Epub 2020 Nov 16 doi: 10.1080/13803395.2020.1845303. PMID: 33198558
Electroconvulsive therapy treatment responsive multimodal brain networks.
Qi S, Abbott CC, Narr KL, Jiang R, Upston J, McClintock SM, Espinoza R, Jones T, Zhi D, Sun H, Yang X, Sui J, Calhoun VD
Hum Brain Mapp 2020 May;41(7):1775-1785. Epub 2020 Jan 6 doi: 10.1002/hbm.24910. PMID: 31904902Free PMC Article
Effects of glucocorticoids on mood, memory, and the hippocampus. Treatment and preventive therapy.
Brown ES
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 Oct;1179:41-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04981.x. PMID: 19906231

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Somatostatin and the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease.
Almeida VN
Ageing Res Rev 2024 Apr;96:102270. Epub 2024 Mar 13 doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102270. PMID: 38484981
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on symptom domains in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review and cross-diagnostic meta-analysis.
Kan RLD, Padberg F, Giron CG, Lin TTZ, Zhang BBB, Brunoni AR, Kranz GS
Lancet Psychiatry 2023 Apr;10(4):252-259. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00026-3. PMID: 36898403
Who Are You? The Study of Personality in Patients With Anterograde Amnesia.
Garland MM, Vaidya JG, Tranel D, Watson D, Feinstein JS
Psychol Sci 2021 Oct;32(10):1649-1661. Epub 2021 Sep 14 doi: 10.1177/09567976211007463. PMID: 34520287Free PMC Article
Epilepsy as a derailment of sleep plastic functions may cause chronic cognitive impairment - A theoretical review.
Halász P, Ujma PP, Fabó D, Bódizs R, Szűcs A
Sleep Med Rev 2019 Jun;45:31-41. Epub 2019 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.01.003. PMID: 30878843
Learning strategies in amnesia.
Speekenbrink M, Channon S, Shanks DR
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2008;32(2):292-310. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.07.005. PMID: 17854893

Diagnosis

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on symptom domains in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review and cross-diagnostic meta-analysis.
Kan RLD, Padberg F, Giron CG, Lin TTZ, Zhang BBB, Brunoni AR, Kranz GS
Lancet Psychiatry 2023 Apr;10(4):252-259. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00026-3. PMID: 36898403
Memory Dysfunction.
Fernandez-Romero R, Spica DM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Dec 1;27(6):1562-1585. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001020. PMID: 34881726
Assessment of Mental Status.
Finney GR, Minagar A, Heilman KM
Neurol Clin 2016 Feb;34(1):1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2015.08.001. PMID: 26613992
Declarative memory.
Riedel WJ, Blokland A
Handb Exp Pharmacol 2015;228:215-36. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16522-6_7. PMID: 25977084
Memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.
Jahn H
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2013 Dec;15(4):445-54. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2013.15.4/hjahn. PMID: 24459411Free PMC Article

Therapy

Hunger, Satiety, and Their Vulnerabilities.
Stevenson RJ, Boutelle K
Nutrients 2024 Sep 6;16(17) doi: 10.3390/nu16173013. PMID: 39275328Free PMC Article
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on symptom domains in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review and cross-diagnostic meta-analysis.
Kan RLD, Padberg F, Giron CG, Lin TTZ, Zhang BBB, Brunoni AR, Kranz GS
Lancet Psychiatry 2023 Apr;10(4):252-259. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00026-3. PMID: 36898403
Neuropsychologist's (re-)view: Resective versus ablative amygdalohippocampectomies.
Witt JA, Hoppe C, Helmstaedter C
Epilepsy Res 2018 May;142:161-166. Epub 2017 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.08.017. PMID: 28890320
Sleep Restriction Impairs Vocabulary Learning when Adolescents Cram for Exams: The Need for Sleep Study.
Huang S, Deshpande A, Yeo SC, Lo JC, Chee MW, Gooley JJ
Sleep 2016 Sep 1;39(9):1681-90. doi: 10.5665/sleep.6092. PMID: 27253768Free PMC Article
Declarative memory.
Riedel WJ, Blokland A
Handb Exp Pharmacol 2015;228:215-36. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16522-6_7. PMID: 25977084

Prognosis

The limited role of hippocampal declarative memory in transient semantic activation during online language processing.
Brown-Schmidt S, Cho SJ, Nozari N, Klooster N, Duff M
Neuropsychologia 2021 Feb 12;152:107730. Epub 2020 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107730. PMID: 33346044Free PMC Article
Memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.
Jahn H
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2013 Dec;15(4):445-54. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2013.15.4/hjahn. PMID: 24459411Free PMC Article
Hippocampal neurogenesis and forgetting.
Frankland PW, Köhler S, Josselyn SA
Trends Neurosci 2013 Sep;36(9):497-503. Epub 2013 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.05.002. PMID: 23768770
The role of sleep in cognition and emotion.
Walker MP
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 Mar;1156:168-97. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04416.x. PMID: 19338508
Learning strategies in amnesia.
Speekenbrink M, Channon S, Shanks DR
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2008;32(2):292-310. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.07.005. PMID: 17854893

Clinical prediction guides

The impact of sleep deprivation on declarative memory.
Cousins JN, Fernández G
Prog Brain Res 2019;246:27-53. Epub 2019 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.01.007. PMID: 31072562
Assessment of Mental Status.
Finney GR, Minagar A, Heilman KM
Neurol Clin 2016 Feb;34(1):1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2015.08.001. PMID: 26613992
Memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.
Jahn H
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2013 Dec;15(4):445-54. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2013.15.4/hjahn. PMID: 24459411Free PMC Article
The role of sleep in cognition and emotion.
Walker MP
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 Mar;1156:168-97. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04416.x. PMID: 19338508
Sleep loss, learning capacity and academic performance.
Curcio G, Ferrara M, De Gennaro L
Sleep Med Rev 2006 Oct;10(5):323-37. Epub 2006 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2005.11.001. PMID: 16564189

Recent systematic reviews

Verbal memory impairments in mood disorders and psychotic disorders: A systematic review of comparative studies.
Bogie BJM, Noël C, Alftieh A, MacDonald J, Lei YT, Mongeon J, Mayaud C, Dans P, Guimond S
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024 Feb 8;129:110891. Epub 2023 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110891. PMID: 37931773
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on symptom domains in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review and cross-diagnostic meta-analysis.
Kan RLD, Padberg F, Giron CG, Lin TTZ, Zhang BBB, Brunoni AR, Kranz GS
Lancet Psychiatry 2023 Apr;10(4):252-259. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00026-3. PMID: 36898403
Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Demirlek C, Bora E
Schizophr Res 2023 Apr;254:146-154. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.028. PMID: 36889181
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research.
Coray R, Quednow BB
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022 Aug;139:104729. Epub 2022 Jun 9 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104729. PMID: 35691469
The role of daytime napping in declarative memory performance: a systematic review.
Farhadian N, Khazaie H, Nami M, Khazaie S
Sleep Med 2021 Aug;84:134-141. Epub 2021 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.05.019. PMID: 34148000

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