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anterograde amnesia

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loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma

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Flunitrazepam is also known to induce anterograde amnesia making police interrogations more difficult. citation citation citation Regional use Flunitrazepam is a Schedule III drug under the international Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. Source: Internet

His subsequent total anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia provided the first evidence for the localization of memory function, and further clarified the differences between declarative and procedural memory. Source: Internet

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