Characteristics of the neuropathology are varied, but generally consist of bilaterally symmetrical midline lesions of brainstem areas, including the mammillary bodies, thalamus, periaqueductal region, hypothalamus, and the cerebellar vermis.
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However, although the hypothalamus projects to both the mammillary bodies and the anterior nuclei of the thalamus, the anterior nuclei receive input from hippocampal cells deep to the pyramidal cells projecting to the mammillary bodies.
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However, although the hypothalamus projects to both the mammillary bodies and the anterior nuclei of the thalamus, the anterior nuclei receive input from hippocampal cells deep to the pyramidal cells projecting to the mammillary bodies.
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Thiamine is essential for the decarboxylation of pyruvate, and deficiency during this metabolic process is thought to cause damage to the medial thalamus and mammillary bodies of the posterior hypothalamus, as well as generalized cerebral atrophy.
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Persons displaying lesions in the anterior thalamus, preventing input from the pathway involving the hippocampus, mammillary bodies and the MTT, display forms of amnesia, supporting the anterior thalamus's involvement in episodic memory.
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*If this is so, then why do scientist say " Brain areas such as the hippocampus, the amygdala, or the mammillary bodies are thought to be involved in specific types of memory . " ?-- Parker007 07 : 52, 6 March 2007 ( UTC)
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The "'mammillothalamic fasciculus "'( "'mammillothalamic tract "', "'thalamomammillary fasciculus "', "'bundle of Vicq d Azyr "') arises from cells in both the medial and lateral nuclei of the mammillary body and by fibers that are directly continued from the fornix.
