article_snippet: A severe hit to the head can injure the brain and cause both short and long-term memory loss.
article_snippet: Memory is easily damaged by brain injury because there are several structures in the brain are involved in processing information, storing the brain and retrieving the brain.
article_snippet: Damage to those parts of the brain can result in memory loss.
article_snippet: Head injuries can trigger memory loss of the period immediately after a car accident.
article_snippet: They can also forget the time from before the brain injury – called retrograde and anteretrograde amnesia – and the gap in memory will range from a few minutes to a few months.
article_snippet: Headway: The Brain Injury Association .