Diseases

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

A neurobehavioral syndrome associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe dysfunction. Clinical manifestations include oral exploratory behavior; tactile exploratory behavior; hypersexuality; BULIMIA; MEMORY DISORDERS; placidity; and an inability to recognize objects or faces. This disorder may result from a variety of conditions, including CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; infections; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS.

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A neurobehavioral syndrome associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe dysfunction. Clinical manifestations include oral exploratory behavior; tactile exploratory behavior; hypersexuality; BULIMIA; MEMORY DISORDERS; placidity; and an inability to recognize objects or faces. This disorder may result from a variety of conditions, including CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; infections; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS.

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3 entry terms
  • Kluver Bucy Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Kluver-Bucy
  • Temporal Lobectomy Behavior Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Dementia (1966-1999)
  • Temporal Lobe (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.380w.326w
  2. F03w.615w.400w.431w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Kluver-Bucy Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020232. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020232
  2. Kluver-Bucy Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C3%BCver%E2%80%93Bucy_syndrome
  3. Kluver-Bucy Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367929