An Opioid-Related Amnestic Syndrome With Persistent Effects on Hippocampal Structure and Function.

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci

The Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco (Butler, Casaletto, Cotter, La Joie, Geschwind, Rosen, Kramer, Miller); and Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, Mass. (Barash).

Published: March 2020


Category Ranking

98%

Total Visits

921

Avg Visit Duration

2 minutes

Citations

20

Article Abstract

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469957PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19010017DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

opioid-related amnestic
4
amnestic syndrome
4
syndrome persistent
4
persistent effects
4
effects hippocampal
4
hippocampal structure
4
structure function
4
opioid-related
1
syndrome
1
persistent
1

Similar Publications

Hippocampal volume loss in individuals with a history of non-fatal opioid overdose.

Addict Biol

October 2023

Center for Studies of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Incidence of opioid-related overdoses in the United States has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Despite public emphasis on overdose fatalities, most overdose cases are not fatal. Although there are case reports of amnestic syndromes and acute injury to the hippocampus following non-fatal opioid overdose, the effects of such overdoses on brain structure are poorly understood.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Since 2012, individuals with a history of opioid misuse have infrequently been observed to develop a sudden-onset amnestic syndrome associated with bilateral hippocampal-restricted diffusion on MRI. Follow-up imaging of this opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) has revealed persistent hippocampal abnormalities. Given these observations, as well as neuropathological studies demonstrating excessive tau deposition in the hippocampi and other brain regions of individuals with opioid misuse, we describe longitudinal imaging of a patient with a history of OAS from presentation through 53 months later, when tau positron emission tomography (PET) was performed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome (OAS) is a relatively new condition that is associated with opioid abuse and has increased in prevalence since the notable rise in opioid-related deaths and opioid-related hospitalizations of the opioid crisis. Patients often present with acute anterograde amnesia and current opioid abuse, most commonly fentanyl. OAS is frequently diagnosed when other potentially infectious or metabolic conditions such as encephalitis and seizures are ruled out, as these conditions can also present similarly to OAS.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Opioid-associated amnestic syndrome observed with fentanyl patch use.

CMAJ

March 2019

Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences (Taylor, Budhram, Lee, Mirsattari), and Division of Radiology (Lee), Western University, London, Ont.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF