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Can you remember something following a concussion?

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Depends: Concussion may or may not be associated with memory loss to various degrees. Oftentimes the degree of amnesia, if any, is limited.

Answered 12/1/2014

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Amnesia: Often as a result of a concussion, people may not remember the events of their injury (retrograde amnesia), and a variable amount of time during which a person may not be able to lay down new memory traces (Prograde amnesia). For how long the prograde amnesia can be very variable.

Answered 5/15/2015

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Amnesia: The most common amnesia suffered with a concussion is called retrograde amnesia. You might not remember the events occurring right before the head injury and you probably never will regain this. Anterograde amnesia is much more serious in that you cannot form new memories. A neuropsychologist can help.

Answered 11/25/2013

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Yes: antigrade amnesia is the loss of memory from before the injury. It will usually fill in except for the immediate events of the injury. Prograde amnesia occurs because the brain is not able to lay down new memory traces from the time of the injury forward. This will not fill in as it has never been recorded. You will resume memory traces withing hours or days following a concussion.

Answered 4/20/2015

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