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of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" (同)centre
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a centers responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" (同)centre
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering (同)centre
the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party" (同)centre, center of attention, centre of attention
an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" (同)centre, middle, heart, eye
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure (同)centre, midpoint
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" (同)centre, nerve_center, nerve centre
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" (同)snapper
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
politically moderate persons; centrists
the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center"
move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" (同)centre
equally distant from the extremes (同)halfway, middle, midway
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" (同)snap
being or placed in the center
German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905) (同)Karl Wernicke

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1. ウェルニッケ脳症 wernicke encephalopathy
2. アルコールの慢性神経学的合併症の概要 overview of the chronic neurologic complications of alcohol
3. 水溶性ビタミンの概要 overview of water soluble vitamins
4. 複視の概要 overview of diplopia
5. 失語症患者へのアプローチ approach to the patient with aphasia

English Journal

Isolated mammillary body involvement on MRI in Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Beh SC, Frohman TC, Frohman EM.SourceDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, United States. Electronic address: scjbeh@gmail.com.
Journal of the neurological sciences.J Neurol Sci.2013 Nov 15;334(1-2):172-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.2516. Epub 2013 Aug 2.
A 48-year-old woman, with a remote history of gastric-banding as well as recent-onset post-prandial vomiting and excessive wine-drinking, was admitted with progressively-worsening gait incoordination. She showed gaze-evoked nystagmus and gait ataxia. Brain MRI revealed conspicuous, isolated, symmetr
PMID 23953677

Focal Thalamic Degeneration from Ethanol and Thiamine Deficiency is Associated with Neuroimmune Gene Induction, Microglial Activation, and Lack of Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters.

Qin L, Crews FT.SourceBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.Alcohol Clin Exp Res.2013 Oct 11. doi: 10.1111/acer.12272. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Wernicke's encephalopathy-Korsakoff syndrome (WE-KS) is common in alcoholics, caused by thiamine deficiency (TD; vitamin B1) and associated with lesions to the thalamus (THAL). Although TD alone can cause WE, the high incidence in alcoholism suggests that TD and ethanol (EtOH) interact.M
PMID 24117525

Language comprehension in young people with severe cerebral palsy in relation to language tracts: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Harlaar L, Pouwels PJ, Geytenbeek J, Oostrom K, Barkhof F, Vermeulen RJ.SourceDepartment of Child Neurology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Neuropediatrics.Neuropediatrics.2013 Oct;44(5):286-90. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1341600. Epub 2013 Apr 6.
Patients with severe cerebral palsy (CP) often have poor speech ability but potentially better language comprehension. The arcuate fasciculus and the extreme capsule are two important language tracts between the Wernicke and Broca areas. Using diffusion tensor imaging, we visualized language tracts
PMID 23564318