Table 1

 Time onset of TGA and the recovery phase and time of the neuropsychological assessment

Age (year)Educational level (years)Onset of TGAOnset of recovery phaseNeuropsychological protocol*
Session 1Session 2Session 3Session 4Session 5
*Each session contains the following investigations:
Session 1: general cognitive functions, category fluency (animal), letter fluency (P letter), autobiographical recall, and anterograde component of episodic memory (version 1).
Session 2: category fluency (fruit), letter fluency (R letter), autobiographical recall, and anterograde component of episodic memory (version 2).
Session 3: category fluency (furniture), letter fluency (V letter), autobiographical recall, and anterograde component of episodic memory (version 3).
Session 4: general cognitive functions, category fluency (animal), letter fluency (P letter), autobiographical recall, and anterograde component of episodic memory (version 1).
Session 5: general cognitive functions, category fluency (fruit), letter fluency (R letter), autobiographical recall, and anterograde component of episodic memory (version 2 for JT, GM, and JQ, and version 3 for MJ).
JT74710.30 am4.30 pm1.30 pm4.50 pm8.30 pmDay afterAbout one month later
GM531210.45 am4.00 pm1.00 pm2.50 pm5.00 pm
MJ6388.30 am4.00 pm1.30 pm3.40 pm7.30 pm
JQ65109.00 am6.00 pm2.15 pm4.50 pm8.15 pm