Neuropsychological characteristic of post-traumatic Klüver-Bucy Syndrome

Limbic System Disorders: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Klüver-Bucy Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease

Limbic System Disorders: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Klüver-Bucy Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease

The limbic system is a cluster of brain structures, mainly responsible for the emotion, behavior, and memory and arousal response. It is thought to be an outcome of the evolutionary response that occurred in all mammals including human beings. However, the development of this system is far greater in human beings compared to other mammals.

Limbic System Disorders: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Klüver-Bucy Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease

The limbic system is a cluster of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus immediately below the cerebrum, mainly responsible for the emotion, behavior, memory, and arousal response. It is thought to be an outcome of the evolutionary response that occurred in all mammals including human beings. It is not a different system, but a group of organs derived from the telencephalon, die...

[Postraumatic klüver-Bucy syndrome--description and comparison of two clinical cases].

AIM Klüver-Bucy syndrome was described in the fifties of the 20th century as a group of neuropsychological symptoms, such as visual agnosia, "oral" tendency, hypermetamorphosis, changes in behaviour, hyper-sexuality (homo-, hetero-, autosexuality) and changes in dietary habits (anorexia, bulimia) that may develop in humans after bilateral damage or dysfunction of the medial temporal lobes. The ...

P1: A Review of Neuropsychological Function in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Substantial Substance Use Comorbidity

Neuropsychological approach tries to link behavior with brain functions. One of the structural changes and functional disorders that is, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This impaired memory function, learning, emotional processing and cognitive and structural changes in the brain. Various aspects of neuropsychological function have been reported to be abnormal in (PTSD); however, the maj...