AUTHOR=Haut Marc W. , Hogg Jeffery P. , Marshalek Patrick J. , Suter Blair C. , Miller Liv E. 

TITLE=Amnesia Associated with Bilateral Hippocampal and Bilateral Basal Ganglia Lesions in Anoxia with Stimulant Use

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2017

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2017.00027

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2017.00027

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=We report a case of a 55-year-old man with ischemic lesions of the bilateral hippocampus and bilateral basal ganglia following a myocardial infarction (MI) during an episode of multiple drug use with subsequent anoxia requiring resuscitation.  He presented for a neuropsychological evaluation with an anterograde amnesia for both explicit and procedural memory.  There are two main points to this case, the unique aspects of the bilateral multi-focal lesions and the functional, cognitive impact of those lesions.  We hypothesize his rare focal, bilateral lesions of both the hippocampus and basal ganglia are a result of anoxia acting in synergy with his stimulant drug use (cocaine and/or MDMA).  Second, his unique lesions produced an explicit and implicit/procedural anterograde amnesia.