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Neuropathology of thiamine deficiency: an update on the comparative analysis of human disorders and experimental models

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This paper provides a re-examination of the neuroanatomical consequences of thiamine deficiency in light of more recent studies of human disorders and models of experimental thiamine deficiency. A major goal is to elucidate the relative roles of thiamine deficiency and chronic alcohol consumption in the pathogenesis of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS). Particular emphasis is placed on the role of thiamine deficiency in lesions to basal forebrain, raphe, locus coeruleus, white matter and cortex and their role in the cognitive and memory disturbances of human WKS and experimental models of thiamine deficiency.

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Langlais, P.J., Zhang, SX. & Savage, L.M. Neuropathology of thiamine deficiency: an update on the comparative analysis of human disorders and experimental models. Metab Brain Dis 11, 19–37 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02080929

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