The phrase "altered memory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing changes or distortions in recollection or perception of past events.
Example: "The study focused on how trauma can lead to altered memory, affecting the way individuals recall their experiences."
Alternatives: "modified recollection" or "distorted memory".
Although there are human studies demonstrating altered memory when new material is learned after reactivation, these studies focused only on procedural memory [10], conditioning [7], [11] or the memory for a list of items learned in the laboratory [8], [9].
In addition to other characteristic symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), such as chronic doubt, repetitive controlling, ruminations, and reduced behavioral flexibility [1], a number of neuropsychological studies have revealed altered memory functions [2] [7] and executive dysfunction [8] [14].
Both right and left temporal lobe epilepsy owing to hippocampal sclerosis have altered memory networks with a predominantly ipsilesional hemisphere reduction in activations during encoding.
This is an interesting finding considering that SHANK1 knockout mice entail altered memory functions along with reduced dendritic spines and postsynaptic density, which also are features of schizophrenia.
Helminth infection is further associated with suppressive T-cell population induction and inhibitory cytokine production which can suppress Th1-type responses and interfere with effector T-cell activation, potentially resulting in altered memory immune responses against M.tb [ 15].
One of the first studies suggested less psychological stress [ 4], particularly reduced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and was linked to a hypothesis that patients with more amnesia (presumably more cognitive injury) and delusions (altered memory processing) had more PTSD/stress symptoms than those with less amnesia and hence more recall [ 5].
New drugs to alter memory.
Overproduction of that protein results in what are known as amyloid plaques in the brain, which can manifest as Alzheimer's disease and alter memory and brain function.
Agents that alter adrenergic receptors, such as "beta-blockers," also alter memory storage.
However, the ways in which minocycline may alter memory function have yet to be established.
Aging is characterized by substantial changes in sleep architecture altering memory consolidation.
