Beverly has been diagnosed with Korsakoff's syndrome. This has likely been caused by __________, which depletes the medial dorsal thalamus of __________.

A. a cerebrovascular accident; thiamine
B. a cerebrovascular accident; norepinephrine
C. alcoholism; thiamine
D. alcoholism; norepinephrine


Answer: C

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