Korsakoff's
> usually refers to a permanent psychosis, appearing later in the
> course of the disease. The structural correlate has been suggested
> to be mamillary body degeneration (again easily seen with MRI).
>The more primary site of degeneration in WK is the medio dorsal nucleus of
the thalamus, which is more commonly involved than the mammilary bodies
are.
Allen Y. Tien
