Interaction Between Emotion and Memory: Importance of Mammillary Bodies Damage in a Mouse Model of the Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome

Chronic alcohol consumption (CAC) can lead to the Korsakoff syndrome (KS), a memory deficiency attributed to diencephalie damage and/or to medial temporal or cortical related dysfunction. The etiology of KS remains unclear. Most animal models of KS involve thiaminedeficient diets associated with pyr...

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Main Author: Daniel Béracochéa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2005.275