The nucleus basalis (Ch4) in the alcoholic Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: Reduced cell number in both amnesic and non-amnesic patients

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Cullen, K M ^a   Halliday, G M ^a,b   Caine, D ^c   Kril, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Korsakoff's psychosis; Memory; Nucleus basalis; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0030850997     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.3.315     Document Type: Article

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