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Background Bilateral medial vestibular nuclei (MVN) is a common target in thiamine depletion and results in acute vestibular failure. Involvement of the MVN was present in 27 out of 38 brainstem sections reported in the largest thiamine deficiency autopsy cohort with Wernicke’s encephalopathy. Method Serial clinical, imaging and vestibulo-ocular reflex gain measured with the video head impulse (vHIT)...