Endocrine function in the Klüver-Bucy syndrome: studies in adult female rhesus monkeys.

Although the behavioral abnormalities of the Klüver-Bucy syndrome are well known, an investigation of the endocrine parameters had not been undertaken previously. The authors report normal reproductive cyclicity (including preserved feedback mechanisms) and growth hormone and cortisol secretion patterns in female rhesus monkeys with the syndrome. It is concluded that the abnormal behavior seen in the Klüver-Bucy syndrome is not associated with abnormalities of the reproductive mechanisms.