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JIPMER 2016
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2016
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Digestion and Absorption

JIPMER 2016 · Zoology · Digestion and Absorption

Due to alcohol abuse brain related disease Korsakoff's syndrome...

Due to alcohol abuse brain related disease Korsakoff's syndrome occurs. Which nutrient is responsible for this syndrome?

Options

  1. AVitamin- B12B_{12}
  2. BFat
  3. CProtein
  4. DVitamin- B1\mathrm{B}_1

Correct answer

D. Vitamin- B1\mathrm{B}_1

Step-by-step solution

Alcohol interferes with the metabolism of thiamine in the liver. Thus, alcohol intake with deficiency of vitamin- B1\mathrm{B}_1 is the basis of brain related diseases called Wernicke's syndrome and Korsakoff's syndrome. Both the syndromes are associated with the destruction of cells in brain with the memory loss even of recent events and mental confusion along with the impairment of speech.
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