Which of the following sites is responsible for the amnestic defect in Wernicke's Korsakoff -syndrome: (A) Mamillary body, (B) Thalamus, (C) Subthalmic nucleus, (D) Medical fore brain bundle
Answer is B. Harrison's principles of internal medicine 17th edition. *The amnestic defect is related to lesions of dorsal medial nuclei of thalamus