Effect of corticosteroids on short-term and long-term memory
- 25 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 64 (2) , 335-337
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000149523.35039.4c
Abstract
The effect of acute high-dose glucocorticoid therapy on memory function in patients with acute optic neuritis (n = 9) and multiple sclerosis (n = 21) was studied. All patients had reversible impairment of long-term memory functions, whereas measures of short-term memory, attentional functions, and alertness remained unaffected.Keywords
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