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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Cognitive performance of detoxified alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome patients remains stable over two years.

29 Jun 2008 Excessive alcohol consumption is assumed to promote cognitive decline, eventually increasing the risk of dementia. However, little is known about the time course of cognitive functions in patients with chronic alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome (KS). ... Read more...

Elevated cerebrospinal fluid tau protein levels in Wernicke's encephalopathy.

24 Apr 2008 OBJECTIVE: Limited neuronal cell loss is seen in the neuropathology of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE), but the extent of neuronal damage has not been well studied. Moreover, there is still a debate as to whether alcohol itself causes brain damage ... Read more...

Elaborative processing in the Korsakoff syndrome: context versus habit.

4 Mar 2008 Using a procedure of Hay and Jacoby [Hay, J. F., & Jacoby, L. L. (1999). Separating habit and recollection in young and older adults: Effects of elaborative processing and distinctiveness. Psychology and Aging, 14, 122-134], Korsakoff patients' ... Read more...

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• Cognitive performance of detoxified alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome patients remains stable over two years. 29 Jun 2008
• Elevated cerebrospinal fluid tau protein levels in Wernicke's encephalopathy. 24 Apr 2008
• Elaborative processing in the Korsakoff syndrome: context versus habit. 4 Mar 2008
• Chronic cigarette smoking modulates injury and short-term recovery of the medial temporal lobe in alcoholics. 26 Feb 2008
• [Diagnostic image (360). A woman with lowered consciousness] 7 Feb 2008
• Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy. 9 Oct 2007
• Memory deficits among alcoholics: performance on a selective reminding task. 30 Aug 2007
• Alcoholism and judgments of affective stimuli. 29 Apr 2007
• [Quantitative electroencephalography features and cognitive impairment in alcoholic patients] 30 Dec 2006
• Visuoperceptual learning in alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome. 30 Mar 2006
• [Alcohol-related disorders] 30 Dec 2005
• Apolipoprotein E4 genotype is not associated with short-term cognition deficits during alcohol withdrawal. 30 Oct 2005
• Alcohol consumption and cognitive function in late life: a longitudinal community study. 23 Oct 2005
• Measurement of thirteen biological markers in CSF of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 19 Oct 2005
• Is there cognitive impairment in clinically 'healthy' abstinent alcohol dependence? 24 Sep 2005
• Prevalence of alcohol related brain damage among homeless hostel dwellers in Glasgow. 12 Sep 2005
• Further evidence for a comparable memory advantage of self-performed tasks in Korsakoff's syndrome and nonamnesic control subjects. 30 Aug 2005
• Alcohol withdrawal syndrome overlooked and mismanaged? 30 May 2005
• Trace eyeblink conditioning in abstinent alcoholic individuals: effects of complex task demands and prior conditioning. 27 Feb 2005
• [Use of brain SPECT imaging in the diagnosis of Wernicke-Korsakoff's encephalopathy] 30 Aug 2004

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Technical information about 'Alcohol Amnestic Disorder'

Definition: A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)

Descriptor UI: D000425

Alternative terms: Alcohol Amnestic Disorder; Alcohol Amnestic Disorders; Amnestic Disorder, Alcohol; Amnestic Disorders, Alcohol; Alcohol Amnestic Syndrome; Alcohol Amnestic Syndromes; Amnestic Syndrome, Alcohol; Amnestic Syndromes, Alcohol; Syndrome, Alcohol Amnestic; Syndromes, Alcohol Amnestic; Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychosis; Alcohol Induced Amnestic Psychosis; Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome; Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndromes; Korsakoff Syndrome, Alcoholic; Korsakoff Syndromes, Alcoholic; Syndrome, Alcoholic Korsakoff; Syndromes, Alcoholic Korsakoff; Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis; Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis; Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychoses; Dysmnesic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced; Dysmnesic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced; Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic; Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic; Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome; Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome; Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndromes; Dysmnesic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced; Dysmnesic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced; Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic; Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic; Alcohol-Induced Korsakoff Syndrome; Alcohol Induced Korsakoff Syndrome; Alcohol-Induced Korsakoff Syndromes; Korsakoff Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced; Korsakoff Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced; Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced Korsakoff; Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced Korsakoff; Alcohol-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder; Alcohol Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder; Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced; Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychoses; Amnestic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced; Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol Induced; Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic; Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic; Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndrome; Alcohol Induced Amnestic Syndrome; Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndromes; Amnestic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced; Amnestic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced; Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic; Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic;

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Tree Number: C10.720.112.100; C21.613.705.150.100; C21.739.100.087.193.100; F03.087.200.125; F03.900.100.050;

Online Note: use ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER to search KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME 1966-80

History Note: 81; was KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME 1963-80