The Fornix May Play a Key Role in Korsakoff’s Amnesia Secondary to Subcallosal Artery Infarction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design and Ethics Approval
2.2. Clinical Information
2.3. Identification, Screening, and Inclusion of Patients
2.4. Definition of Korsakoff’s Amnesia
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Clinical Information
3.2. Korsakoff’s Amnesia
3.3. Our Case
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Injured Area | Clinical Manifestation | ||||||||
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Case | Age * | Sex | Corpus Callosum | Fornix | Confabulation | Amnesia | |||
C + F group | 1 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 1 | 43 | Male | + | + | + | + | Michel et al., 2020 |
2 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 2 | 79 | Male | + | + | − | + | Pardina-Vilella et al., 2018 | |
3 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 3 | 74 | Female | + | + | + | + | Turine, G et al., 2016 | |
4 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 4 | 71 | Male | + | + | + | + | Meila et at., 2015 | |
5 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 5 | 68 | Male | + | + | + | + | Renou et al., 2008 | |
6 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 6 | 33 | Female | + | + | − | + | Hattingen et al., 2007 | |
7 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 7 | 61 | Male | + | + | + | + | Moussouttas et al., 2005 | |
8 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 8 | 71 | Female | + | + | − | − | Saito et al., 2006 | |
9 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 9 | 60 | Female | + | + | − | + | Park et al., 2000 | |
10 | Corpus callosum + Fornix lesion case 10 | 70 | Female | + | + | + | + | Our case | |
C group | 1 | Anterior callosotomy case 1 | 24 | Female | + | − | − | − | |
2 | Anterior callosotomy case 2 | 16 | Male | + | − | − | − | ||
3 | Anterior callosotomy case 3 | 51 | Male | + | − | − | − | ||
4 | Anterior callosotomy case 4 | 8 | Female | + | − | − | − | ||
5 | Anterior callosotomy case 5 | 5 | Male | + | − | − | − | ||
6 | Anterior callosotomy case 6 | 38 | Female | + | − | − | − | ||
F group | 1 | Isolated fornix infarction case 1 | 61 | Male | − | + | + | + | Salvalaggio et al., 2018 |
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Hayashi, M.; Fujimoto, A.; Enoki, H.; Niimi, K.; Inenaga, C.; Sato, K.; Homma, K.; Arakawa, T.; Okanishi, T. The Fornix May Play a Key Role in Korsakoff’s Amnesia Secondary to Subcallosal Artery Infarction. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010021
Hayashi M, Fujimoto A, Enoki H, Niimi K, Inenaga C, Sato K, Homma K, Arakawa T, Okanishi T. The Fornix May Play a Key Role in Korsakoff’s Amnesia Secondary to Subcallosal Artery Infarction. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(1):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010021
Chicago/Turabian StyleHayashi, Masataka, Ayataka Fujimoto, Hideo Enoki, Keiko Niimi, Chikanori Inenaga, Keishiro Sato, Kazunari Homma, Tomoya Arakawa, and Tohru Okanishi. 2022. "The Fornix May Play a Key Role in Korsakoff’s Amnesia Secondary to Subcallosal Artery Infarction" Brain Sciences 12, no. 1: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010021
APA StyleHayashi, M., Fujimoto, A., Enoki, H., Niimi, K., Inenaga, C., Sato, K., Homma, K., Arakawa, T., & Okanishi, T. (2022). The Fornix May Play a Key Role in Korsakoff’s Amnesia Secondary to Subcallosal Artery Infarction. Brain Sciences, 12(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010021