The famous patient known for years as H.M. suffered from a severe case of:
A) Alzheimer's disease.
B) anterograde amnesia.
C) retrograde amnesia.
D) long-term potentiation failure.

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H.M. suffered from anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new long-term memories following the removal of parts of his medial temporal lobes. He could recall events from before the surgery, indicating that he did not have retrograde amnesia. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological disorder, and long-term potentiation is a process involved in the strengthening of synaptic connections in the brain, neither of which applies to H.M.'s case.

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