The memory thief and the secrets behind how we remember : a medical mystery
"The... true story of a team of doctors who--through years of scientific sleuthing and observant care--discover a surprising connection between opioids and memory, one that holds promise and peril for any one of us."--
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Prologue
- Broken brains. Case one ; Questions lead to answers ; Person, place, and time ; Short shrift
- Episodes. The hum of the restless beehive ; The cluster grows ; No place in the world ; Maps and memories ; The forgetting disease
- Opioids. Learning to be addicted ; Extreme potency ; World of hurt ; Finding fentanyl ; Taken as prescribed
- Interventions. Some part of me is missing ; The next H.M. ; Rebirth ; Time for a do-over ; The flip side of the coin
- Outstanding questions. Finding lost memories ; The case for Tau ; The road ahead
- Epilogue.
