Hypersexuality following bilateral thalamic infarction: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 146-148

  Mutarelli, Eduardo G ^a,b   Omuro, Antonio M P ^b   Adoni, Tarso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Neurology FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Disinhibition; Frontal subcortical circuits; Hypersexuality; Paramedian thalamic infarction

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646452578     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000100032     Document Type: Article

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