2 – Brainstem damage
Many of the same brainstem structures are involved in
Wernicke's encephalopathy, which is usually
associated with chronic alcohol intoxication (Wernicke
1881, Brody & Wilkins 1965, Victor et al 1971).  But
the lesions caused by asphyxia at birth were not
hemorrhagic, as is usually the case in Wernicke's
encephalopathy (Rosenblum & Feigin 1965).  As
discussed above, this may be the reason the damage
caused by asphyxia at birth was not compared to that
of Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Also, as noted above, Ranck and Windle did comment
that "The human neuropathologic entity most closely
resembling the effects of asphyxia neonatorum in the
monkey is kernicterus."  This did prompt further
research, which unfortunately was abandoned too
soon.
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