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NEWS ABOUT: amnesia

amnesia stories: 4 news summaries

Police ID
Amnesiac Teen Found in NYC

'Jane Doe' is 18-year-old from Washington state

Oct 25, 09 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teenager who turned up outside a New York City shelter earlier this month saying she didn't know her name has been identified, police say. "Jane Doe" is 18-year-old Kacie Aleece Peterson from eastern Washington state, and her father is en route to New York to pick her up,... More »

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New York City • memory loss • Washington state • amnesia • teenager • Kacie Aleece Peterson • Covenant House

(Newser) - Three weeks ago, a well-dressed man carrying $600 in his sock wandered out of a Seattle park with no idea who he was or how he got there. His identity was a mystery until today, when the Seattle Times ran a story on its front page with his picture... More »

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China • Internet • chef • English • online newspapers • amnesia • Seattle Times • Edward Lighthart

Researchers Discover Why Pot Makes You Forget

Scientists identify pathway for cognitive impairment under the effects of cannabis

Aug 3, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found the area in the mouse brain that marijuana acts upon to cause forgetfulness, AFP reports. Researchers in Barcelona used two groups of mice, each engineered to be missing one of the two concentrations of receptor neurons for cannabis (CB1) in the hippocampus, an area of the brain... More »

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marijuana • cannabis • neuroscience • Nature Neuroscience • amnesia • weed • biochemistry • brain chemistry • pot

Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

Canoeist presumed dead; his wife moved to Panama 4 weeks ago

Dec 3, 07 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing... More »

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London • missing boater • missing person • amnesia

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