Author Question: The first theories of Korsakoff's amnesia attributed it to mammillary body damage, but later ... (Read 47 times)

jayhills49 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The first theories of Korsakoff's amnesia attributed it to mammillary body damage, but later evidence suggested that damage to the __________ is more likely the major contributing factor.

A) frontal cortex
B) hippocampus
C) mediodorsal nuclei
D) temporal infarction
E) cribriform plate

Question 2

The mediodorsal nuclei, which are often damaged in cases of Korsakoff's amnesia, are nuclei of the

A) thalamus.
B) hypothalamus.
C) hippocampus.
D) cerebellum.
E) mammillary bodies.