FDG-PET findings in the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

Journal article

This study reports FDG-PET findings in Wernicke-Korsakoff patients. Twelve patients suffering amnesia arising from the Korsakoff syndrome were compared with 10 control subjects without alcohol-related disability. Subjects received [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) imaging as well as neuropsychological assessment and high-resolution MR imaging with volumetric analysis. Volumetric MRI analysis had revealed thalamic and mamillary body atrophy in the patient group as well as frontal lobe atrophy...

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Authors: Reed, L; Lasserson, D; Marsden, P; Stanhope, N; Stevens, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 4-5
• Pages: 1027-1045
• Publication date: 2003-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70876-1
• EISSN: 1973-8102
• ISSN: 0010-9452
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Korsakoff Syndrome; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuropsychological Tests; Brain; Diencephalon; Frontal Lobe; Memory Disorders; Brain Mapping; Reference Values; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Atrophy; Temporal Lobe; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Humans; Thalamus