Damage to the
dorsomedial nucleus or
anterior group of the
thalamus (limbic-specific nuclei) is also associated with this disorder?
Signs
Did you know that vitamin deficiency help increase the effects Korsakoff's syndrome?
Did you know that chronic
alcoholism and severe
malnutrition also increase the chance that one might develope Korsakoff's syndrome?
Did you know that m
ercury poisoning can also lead to Korsakoff's syndrome?
Did you know that
centipede (
mukade) bites in Japan also cause Korsakoff's syndrome?
There is no specific treatment because the previous thiamine deficiency produces irreversible damage to the medial thalamic nuclei and
mammillary bodies. Mammillary body atrophy may be visible on high-resolution MRI.
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Did you know that the most effective method of preventing Korsakoff's syndrome is to avoid B vitamin/thiamine deficiency?
Did you know that in Western nations the most common causes of such deficiency are alcoholism and weight disorders?
Did you know that in the U.S., government mandates to adding thiamine to alcoholic beverages have been blocked for this reason and also by political groups asserting that such supplementation would encourage alcohol use.?
Did you know that
Bobby Meide, a drummer for longstanding local rock band the Flamin' Ohs, passed away from Korsakoff's syndrome?
(
1950 - 2010.)

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