anterograde
Toward the front
Anterograde means moving or extending forward, particularly in medical and anatomical contexts.
Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories after an injury or trauma—memory moves forward from the event but fails to record.
The term contrasts with retrograde, which moves backward: The patient showed anterograde but not retrograde memory loss.
Onward in direction
- anteriorSituated toward the front
- frontwardToward the anterior
- rostralRelating to a beak
- ventralOf the belly
proximal · cranial · cephalic · anatomical · axonal · transport
Failure to retain information
- blackoutComplete power loss
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- encodingConverting data to format
Neuron's signal-sending projection
- neuronImpulse-conducting cell
- microtubuleCylindrical cell structure protein
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
cargo · cytoplasm · dendrite · organelle · intracellular · trafficking
Occurring in succession
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- proceedingAct of going forward
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- ongoingIn progress now
stepwise · unidirectional · cascading · propagating · spreading
forward
Onward in direction
ventral · proximal · cranial · cephalic · anatomical · axonal · transport
forgetfulness
Failure to retain information
- blackoutComplete power loss
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- hippocampusMemory formation region
encoding · consolidation · recall · dissociation · disorientation
axon
Neuron's signal-sending projection
- neuronImpulse-conducting cell
- microtubuleCylindrical cell structure protein
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
synapse · cargo · cytoplasm · dendrite · organelle · intracellular · trafficking
sequential
Occurring in succession
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- proceedingAct of going forward
- continuousWithout pause or gap
ongoing · stepwise · unidirectional · cascading · propagating · spreading
anterograderetrograde
Moving in reverse direction
retrograde amnesia · backward · reverse · regressive · retrogressive
- anterograde amnesiaInability to create memories