1. In fact, sex is just one of the activities that can cause a rare condition called "transient global amnesia.

2. Is transient global amnesia a risk factor for amnestic mild cognitive impairment?

3. Amnesia can be caused by damage to areas of the brain that are vital for memory processing. Unlike a temporary episode of memory loss (transient global amnesia), amnestic syndrome can be permanent.

4. The clinical studies on transient global amnesia (TGA), an acute amnesic syndrome that is common in old people, have increased in the recent years.

5. Transient global amnesia is a clinical syndrome characterized by the transient memory loss.http://

6. Sex can trigger transient global amnesia, as can other physically strenuous activities.

7. One of the things people have done to look at transient global amnesia is to look at frequency of various precipitants and sex always comes out as one of the most common.

8. Objective: To investigate the mechanism, clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of 40 cases with transient global amnesia syndrome.

9. The best guess for what might be happening is that patients unwittingly trigger the transient global amnesia by raising the pressure inside their abdomens.

10. Doctors diagnosed her with a rare form of sudden memory loss known as transient global amnesia, or TGA.