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Wernicke's area (/ËvÉÉrnáµ»kÉ/ or /ËvÉÉrnáµ»ki/; German: [ËvÉÊnÉªkÉ]), also called Wernicke's speech area, is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex linked, since the late nineteenth century, to speech (the other is Broca's area).
Signs and symptoms of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) stem from alterations of carbohydrate metabolism (inadequate absorption, accelerated metabolism or increased intake) together with the deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), as thiamine is a vital coenzyme of the Krebs cycle, the key step in metabolism of carbohydrates and energy production [1] [2] [ ...