اثرات طولانی مدت هیپوکسی کوتاه ناشی از توقف قلب: کاهش هیپوکامپ و کمبود حافظه

Chronic patients with cardiac arrest who were discharged from hospital in “good neurological condition” showed an average of 10% reduction in hippocampal volume bilaterally and significant verbal memory deficits relative to matched controls with myocardial infarction, suggesting even brief hypoxic periods suffice to lead to specific hippocampal damage.