Nutritional cerebellar degeneration, with comments on its relationship to Wernicke disease and alcoholism

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-187

  Laureno, Robert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961164749     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51892-7.00010-3     Document Type: Chapter

References (70)

1. Adams R.D. Nutritional cerebellar degeneration. Handbook of Neurology 1976, Vol. 28:271-284. North Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam.
2. Alajouanine T., Castaigne F., Contamin F., et al. Sur six cas d'atrophie cerebelleuse du type cortical tardif (Pierre Marie-Foix-Alajouanine) Observes chez des alcooliques chroniques. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1959, 100:411-429.
3. Allsop J., Turner B. Cerebellar degeneration associated with chronic alcoholism. J Neurol Sci 1966, 3:238-258.
4. Ando S., Murakami K. Cerebellar degeneration in chronic alcoholism: with special reference to an autopsied case showing the restricted forms of cerebellar cortical degeneration (Victor). No To Shinkei 1985, 37:329-336.
5. Angevine J.B., Mancall E.L., Yakolev P.I. The Human Cerebellum: An Atlas of Gross Topography in Serial Sections 1961, Little Brown and Company, Boston.
6. Bergman H., Borg S., Hindmarsh T., et al. Computed tomography of the brain and neuropsychological assessment of male alcoholic patients and a random sample from the general male population. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1980, 286:47-56.
7. Butterworth R.F. Pathophysiology of cerebellar dysfunction in the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Can J Neurol Sci 1993, 20:S123-S126.
8. Butterworth R.F., Kril J.J., Harper C.G. Thiamine-dependent enzyme changes in the brains of alcoholics: relationship to the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1993, 17:1084-1088.
9. Carlen P.L., Wilkinson D.A., Wortzman G., et al. Partially reversible cerebral atrophy and functional improvement in recently abstinent alcoholics. Can J Neurol Sci 1984, 11:441-446.
10. Cerquetelli G., Nobili C.C. L'alcool etilico come test cerebellare. Rass Neuropsichiatr 1947, 1:441-444.
11. Chan-Palay V., Plaitakis A., Nicklas W., et al. Autoradiographic demonstration of loss of labeled indoleamine axons of the cerebellum in chronic diet-induced thiamine deficiency. Brain Res 1977, 138:380-384.
12. Chu K., Kang D.W., Kim H.J., et al. Diffusion-weighted imaging abnormalities in Wernicke encephalopathy: reversible cytotoxic edema?. Arch Neurol 2002, 59:123-127.
13. Collins G.H., Converse W.K. Cerebellar degeneration in thiamine-deficient rats. Am J Pathol 1970, 58:219-233.
14. Decker J.B., Wells C.E., McDowell F. Cerebellar dysfunction associated with chronic alcoholism. Neurology 1959, 9:361-366.
15. Diener H.C., Dichgans J., Bacher M., et al. Improvement of ataxia in alcoholic cerebellar atrophy through alcohol abstinence. J Neurol 1984, 231:258-262.
16. Evans C.A., Carlson W.E., Green R.G. The pathology of Chastek paralysis in foxes. A counterpart of Wernicke's hemorrhagic polioencephalitis of man. Am J Pathol 1942, 18:79-91.
17. Gilman S., Adams K., Koeppe R.A., et al. Cerebellar and frontal hypometabolism in alcoholic cerebellar degeneration studied with positron emission tomography. Ann Neurol 1990, 28:775-785.
18. Greenfield J.G. The Spino-Cerebellar Degenerations 1954, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
19. Harper C. The incidence of Wernicke's encephalopathy in Australia - a neuropathological study of 131 cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1983, 46:593-598.
20. Haubek A., Lee K. Computed tomography in alcoholic cerebellar atrophy. Neuroradiology 1979, 18:77-79.
21. Heroux M., Butterworth R.F. Reversible alteration of cerebral γ-aminobutyric acid in pyrithiamine-treated rats: implications for the pathogenesis of Wernicke's encephalopathy. J Neurochem 1988, 51:1221-1226.
22. Holmes G. A form of familial degeneration of the cerebellum. Brain 1907, 30:466-489.
23. Jakob A. Zur Klinik und pathologischen Anatomie des chronischen Alkoholismus, zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Erkrankungen des Kleinhirns. Ztschr-ges Neurol u Psychiat 1912, 13:132-152.
24. Johnson-Greene D., Adams K.M., Gilman S., et al. Impaired upper limb coordination in alcoholic cerebellar degeneration. Arch Neurol 1997, 54:436-439.
25. Laureno R., Benjamin S.E. Wernicke's disease and Korsakoff's psychosis. Current Therapy in Neurologic Disease 2006, 345-346. Mosby, Philadelphia, PA. 7th edn. R.T. Johnson, J.W. Griffin, J.C. McArthur (Eds.).
26. Laureno R., Hodics T. Alcohol intoxication and withdrawal. Current Therapy in Neurologic Disease 2002, 329-331. Mosby, St. Louis, MO. 6th edn. R.T. Johnson, J.W. Griffin, J.C. McCarthur (Eds.).
27. LeMay M., Abramowicz A. Encephalography in the diagnosis of cerebellar atrophy. Acta Radiol 1966, 15:667-674.
28. Lhermitte M.J. L'Astasie-abasie cerebelleuse par atrophie vermienne chez le vieillard. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1922, 38:313-316.
29. Lindboe C.F., Loberg E.M. The frequency of brain lesions in alcoholics. Comparison between the 5-year periods 1975-1979 and 1983-1987. J Neurol Sci 1988, 88:107-113.
30. Malamud N., Skillicorn S.A. Relationship between the Wernicke and the Korsakoff syndrome. A clinicopathologic study of seventy cases. AMA Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1956, 76:585-596.
31. Mancall E.L., McEntee W.J. Alterations of the cerebellar cortex in nutritional encephalopathy. Neurology 1965, 15:303-313.
32. Marie P., Foix C., Alajouanine T. De l'atrophie cerebelleuse tardive a predominance corticale. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1922, 38:849-885.
33. Murata T., Fujito T., Kimura H., et al. Serial MRI and (1)H-MRS of Wernicke's encephalopathy: report of a case with remarkable cerebellar lesions on MRI. Psychiatry Res 2001, 108:49-55.
34. Murdock D.S., Gubler C.J. Effects of thiamine deficiency and treatment with the antagonists, oxythiamine and pyrithiamine, on the levels and distribution of thiamine derivatives in rat brain. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1973, 19:237-249.
35. Nicolas J.M., Fernandez-Sola J., Robert J., et al. High ethanol intake and malnutrition in alcoholic cerebellar shrinkage. QJM 2000, 93:449-456.
36. Pannunzio P., Hazell A.S., Pannunzio M., et al. Thiamine deficiency results in metabolic acidosis and energy failure in cerebellar granule cells: an in vitro model for the study of cell death mechanisms in Wernicke's encephalopathy. J Neurosci Res 2000, 62:286-292.
37. Pappenheimer A.M., Goettsch M. A cerebellar disorder in chicks, apparently of nutritional origin. J Exp Med 1930, 53:11-29.
38. Park S.H., Kim M., Na D.L., et al. Magnetic resonance reflects the pathological evolution of Wernicke encephalopathy. J Neuroimaging 2001, 11:406-411.
39. Phillips S.C., Harper C.G., Kril J.J. The contribution of Wernicke's encephalopathy to alcohol-related cerebellar damage. Drug Alcohol Rev 1990, 9:53-60.
40. Plaitakis A., Nicklas W.J., Berl S. Thiamine deficiency: selective impairment of the cerebellar serotonergic system. Neurology 1978, 28:691-698.
41. Price B.H., Richardson E.P. The neurologic illness of Eugene O'Neill - a clinicopathological report. N Engl J Med 2000, 342:1126-1133.
42. Prickett C.O. The effect of deficiency of vitamin B1 upon the central and peripheral nervous systems of the rat. Am J Physiol 1933, 107:459-470.
43. Ramos A., Quintana F., Diez C., et al. CT findings in spinocerebellar degeneration. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1987, 8:635-640.
44. Raz N., Torres I.J., Spencer W.D., et al. Age-related regional differences in cerebellar vermis observed in vivo. Arch Neurol 1992, 149:412-416.
45. Riethdorf L., Warzok R., Schwesinger G. Die Alkoholenzephalopathien im Obdvktionsgut. Zentralbl Pathol 1991, 137:148-156.
46. Rinehart J.F., Friedman M., Greenberg L.D. Effect of experimental thiamine deficiency on the nervous system of the rhesus monkey. Arch Pathol 1949, 48:129-139.
47. Romano J., Michael M., Merritt M.H. Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1940, 44:1230-1236.
48. Säntha K. Lokalisierte Atrophie der Kleinhirnrinde bei cronischem Alkoholismus. Mschr Psychiat Neurol 1948, 116:346-363.
49. Sidorowicz S., Bem Z., Wasik A., et al. Analysis of the reversibility of CT brain changes in alcohol dependent patients. Psychiatr Pol 1992, 26:431-437.
50. Silfverskiold B.P. Romberg's test in the cerebellar syndrome occurring in chronic alcoholism. Acta Neurol Scand 1969, 45:292-302.
51. Stender A., Luthy F. Uber Spatatrophie der Kleinhirnrinde bei chronischem Alkoholismus. Dtsch Z Nervenheilkd 1931, 119:604-622.
52. Stork J. Kleinhirnwurmatrophie und chronischer alkoholismus. Klinisch-anatomische Studie udber 44 fälle. Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr 1967, 99:40-82.
53. Sullivan E.V., Deshmukh A., Desmond J.E., et al. Cerebellar volume decline in normal aging, alcoholism, and Korsakoff's syndrome: relation to ataxia. Neuropsychology 2000, 14:341-352.
54. Tashiro K., Nelson J.S. Hemorrhagic necrosis of superior cerebellar vermis associated with acute Wernicke's encephalopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1972, 31:185.
55. Thomas A. Atrophie lamellaire des cellules purkinjie. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1905, 18:917-924.
56. Togay-Isikay C., Yigit A., Mutluer N. Wernicke's encephalopathy due to hyperemesis gravidarum: an under-recognised condition. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2001, 41:453-456.
57. Torvik A., Torp S. The prevalence of alcoholic cerebellar atrophy. A morphometric and histological study of an autopsy material. J Neurol Sci 1986, 75:43-51.
58. Torvik A., Lindboe C.F., Rodge S. Brain lesions in alcoholics. A neuropathological study with clinical correlations. J Neurol Sci 1982, 56:233-248.
59. Torvik A., Torp S., Lindboe C.F. Atrophy of the cerebellar vermis in ageing. A morphometric and histologic study. J Neurol Sci 1986, 76:283-294.
60. Troncoso J.C., Johnston M.V., Hess K.M., et al. Model of Wernicke's encephalopathy. Arch Neurol 1981, 38:350-354.
61. von Bechterew M. Uber acute cerebellare Ataxie. Neurol Centralbl 1902, 21:435-438.
62. von Bechterew W. Uber acut auftrëtende störungen der Motilität mit den Merkmalen cerebellarer ataxie bei alkoholikern. Neurol Centralbl 1900, 19:834.
63. Victor M., Ferendelli J.A. The nutritional and metabolic diseases of the cerebellum: clinical and pathological aspects. The Cerebellum in Health and Disease 1970, 412-449. WH Green, St. Louis, MO. W.S. Fields, W.D. Willis (Eds.).
64. Victor M., Laureno R. Neurologic complications of alcohol abuse: epidemiologic aspects. Adv Neurol 1978, 19:603-617.
65. Victor M., Adams R.D., Mancall E.L. Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 1958, 83:95-99.
66. Victor M., Adams R.D., Mancall E.L. A restricted form of cerebellar cortical degeneration occurring in alcoholic patients: cerebellar cortical degeneration. Arch Neurol 1959, 1:579-688.
67. Victor M., Adams R.D., Collins G.H. The Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome and Related Neurologic Disorders Due to Alcoholism and Malnutrition 1989, FA Davis, Philadelphia. 2nd edn.
68. Vortmeyer A.O., Hagel C., Laas R. Haemorrhagic thiamine deficient encephalopathy following prolonged parenteral nutrition. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992, 55:826-829.
69. Zasorin N.L., Baloh R.W. Downbeat nystagmus with alcoholic cerebellar degeneration. Arch Neurol 1984, 41:1301-1302.
70. Zimmerman H.M., Burack E. Lesions of the nervous system resulting from deficiency of the vitamin B complex. Arch Pathol 1932, 13:207-232.