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If eponyms are avoided, Wernicke encephalopathy, commonly known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or alcoholic encephalopathy, is a kind of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency that is frequently observed in alcoholics. Imaging typically reveals mamillary bodies, dorsomedial thalami, tectal plate, periaqueductal area, and/or the area around the third ventricle as areas of symmetrical enhanced T2/FLAIR signal.

This physician relates his struggle with drinking that was mostly “internal, with few external consequences” as he puts it — just a few occasional red lights as he looked at how his alcohol use was touching his relationships with himself, his wife, and his kids.

Prior research has revealed a potential link between damage to specific parts of the brain and repetitive addictive behaviors. In this report, with findings published in Nature Medicine, the investigators found that lesions that disrupted smoking and alcohol addiction behaviors occurred in many different brain locations and were characterized by a specific pattern of brain connectivity.

The problem with many of the findings of cirrhosis is you have to specifically look for them or you will miss them. Here’s a tip for helping you not miss them.

In this double-blind randomized clinical trial with 93 participants, the percentage of heavy drinking days during 32 weeks of follow-up was significantly lower in the psilocybin group than in the diphenhydramine group and was accompanied by a decrease in daily alcohol consumption.

The results of this study provide evidence that genetically predicted global cortical thickness (GCT) wasassociated with alcoholic drinks consumed per week and binge drinking frequency afteraccounting for neuropsychiatric phenotypes, substance use, trauma, andneurodegeneration.