Table 1.

Thiamine Deficiency Associated Neurological Syndrome

Syndrome, Publication	Symptomatology	Pathology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Carl Wernicke, Germany, 188128	Acute onset of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and mental confusion14	Hemorrhagic lesions in the mamillary bodies (confusion), hypothalamic nucleus, the periaqueductal region, pons, superior vermis of cerebellum88
Korsakoff´s Syndrome - Sergej Korsakoff, Moscow, 188727	Severe memory loss, anterograde amnesia, confabulation, desorientation8	Lesions in the diencephalon-hippocampal circuit: midline thalamus, anterior thalamic nuclei88
Marchiafava-Bignami-Syndrome - Ettore Marchiafava, Amico Bignami, Rome 191389	Altered mental state, impaired walking, loss of consciousness, dysarthria, pyramidal signs, impaired memory, seizures29	Necrosis and atrophy in the corpus callosum29