Brain imaging technology has allowed researchers to conduct rigorous studies of the
dynamic course of alcoholism through periods of drinking, sobriety, and relapse and to gain …

Aim: Presented is the neuroradiological signature of acute Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE),
derived from different types of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. WE results …

BACKGROUND: The prevailing teaching in medical school curricula and in medical
textbooks is that if thiamine deficiency is suspected, thiamine supplementation should be …

Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a severe neurological disorder caused by vitamin B1
deficiency. The aim of the study was to analyse MRI findings typical for this disease and to …

Objective: Patients with a chronic alcohol use disorder presenting to the ICU may be
deficient in important vitamins and electrolytes and are often prescribed a “banana bag” as a …

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is characterized by lesions in thalamus, hypothalamus
(including mammillary nuclei), and inferior colliculi, results in serious disabilities, has an …

Objective: Persistent encephalopathy in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is often feared
as a sign of cerebral edema. Although thiamine deficiency is a rare diagnosis in children …

Selective neurodegeneration accompanied by mitochondrial dysfunction characterizes
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Thiamine …

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) using 111In-octreotide has proven useful in the
preoperative discrimination of expansive central nervous system lesions. Meningiomas …

A rat model of glucose-precipitated Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) has been developed in
which glucose loading (10 g/kg, ip) of ataxic thiamin-deficient (TD) rats induced episodes of …