NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Episodes of transient amnesia, which frequently occur on awakening and are associated with other memory problems, may be a symptom of a distinct type of epilepsy. A British ...

Epileptic seizures can cause shorter memory lapses called transient epileptic amnesia. While people with strokes usually have physical symptoms, as well, some with amnesia are actually having strokes, ...

When a patient presents with an episode of transient memory loss without other neurologic symptoms, the diagnosis "transient global amnesia" (TGA) is often made, but the etiology is often unclear.

What is transient global amnesia? Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary episode of memory loss that can’t be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke.