Degeneration of anterior thalamic nuclei differentiates alcoholics with amnesia

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-154

  Harding, Antony ^a   Halliday, Glenda ^a   Caine, Diana ^b   Kril, Jillian ^c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol related brain damage; Korsakoff's psychosis; Mamillary body; Neurodegeneration; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0033985319     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.1.141     Document Type: Article

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