SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AS A PRECIPITATING FACTOR OF TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA

Authors
OKURA M NAKAYAMA H NAGAMINE I IKUTA T
Citation
M. Okura et al., SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AS A PRECIPITATING FACTOR OF TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA, Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology, 47(1), 1993, pp. 13-16
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09122036
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
13 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0912-2036(1993)47:1<13:SIAAPF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A Japanese female case of transient global amnesia (TGA), who develope d an amnesic episode after sexual intercourse, is reported. The mechan ism of how TGA in the present case is precipitated by sexual intercour se could be explained by the elevated blood pressure during sexual int ercourse that drops rapidly, causing a temporal ischemia in the distri bution of the basilar artery. Furthermore, the importance of sexual in tercourse as a precipitating factor of TGA is stressed.