41. But Wernicke 's area, which handles the simpler semantic aspects of language, can overlap. 42. The Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten reported that Wernicke collapsed in the street and could not be revived. 43. Wernicke 's area is in the left temporal cortex and is primarily involved in language comprehension.44. During the time of Wernicke , Kussmaul and Lissauer there was little known about the cerebral cortex. 45. Rare causes of isolated sixth nerve damage include Wernicke -Korsakoff syndrome and Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. 46. In autopsy series, features of Wernicke lesions are observed in approximately 2 % of general cases. 47. A few years later, a German neuroscientist, Carl Wernicke , consulted on a stroke patient. 48. When Wernicke 's encephalopathy occurs simultaneously with Korsakoff syndrome it is known as Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome. 49. Symptoms of Wernicke -Korsakoff Syndrome include confusion, amnesia, and impaired short-term memory. 50. Wernicke 's area is also on the left side of the brain, but further back.
