| rdfs:comment | - Bendii syndrome is a neurological condition which affects a minority of Vulcans in old age, typically over 200 years old. Symptoms include loss of emotional control, which can result in emotional outbursts and quite dangerously to others, telepathic projections of the sufferer's emotions. (TNG episode: "Sarek") These psychic disturbances that were broadcast by the sufferer of the syndrome did not occur until they were of a more advanced stage. (TNG novel: The Devil's Heart) Information about the illness could be found in the USS Voyager's computers by 2376. (VOY video game: Elite Force)
- Bendii Syndrome was a degenerative neurological illness affecting a minority of elderly Vulcans. Initially it was characterized by wasting, weakness, fatigue, fever, and a gradual but accelerating loss of emotional control, with victims exhibiting sudden bursts of emotion. Diagnosis was made by culturing tissue samples taken from the patient's metathalamus. There was no known treatment, but the disease was the focus of ongoing medical research.
- Bendii Syndrome is a neurological condition which affects a minority of elderly Vulcans, similar to Alzheimer's disease in human beings. The disease's symptoms include wasting, weakness, fatigue, fever, and a gradual but accelerating loss of emotional control, with victims exhibiting sudden bursts of emotion. A diagnosis can be made by culturing tissue samples from the affected person's metathalamus. Ambassador Sarek was diagnosed with Bendii in 2366 and passed away of it just two years later. (TNG: "Sarek", TNG: "Unification I")
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| abstract | - Bendii Syndrome is a neurological condition which affects a minority of elderly Vulcans, similar to Alzheimer's disease in human beings. The disease's symptoms include wasting, weakness, fatigue, fever, and a gradual but accelerating loss of emotional control, with victims exhibiting sudden bursts of emotion. A diagnosis can be made by culturing tissue samples from the affected person's metathalamus. The most dangerous side effect of Bendii is that an affected person's loss of emotional control can be telepathically transmitted to others in the person's vicinity. Ordinarily, an attending Vulcan healer can suppress these effects, but if the telepath him/herself is stressed, this effect can still persist. Ambassador Sarek was diagnosed with Bendii in 2366 and passed away of it just two years later. (TNG: "Sarek", TNG: "Unification I") In the alternate reality caused by the Romulan known as Nero, Starfleet Ensign Kelsi Nielsen assisted the Spock from the prime timeline (a/k/a Spock Prime) in developing a medicine that has shown great promise in either slowing or altogether stopping the onset of Bendii's. (A Flight to Remember)
- Bendii syndrome is a neurological condition which affects a minority of Vulcans in old age, typically over 200 years old. Symptoms include loss of emotional control, which can result in emotional outbursts and quite dangerously to others, telepathic projections of the sufferer's emotions. (TNG episode: "Sarek") These psychic disturbances that were broadcast by the sufferer of the syndrome did not occur until they were of a more advanced stage. (TNG novel: The Devil's Heart) Information about the illness could be found in the USS Voyager's computers by 2376. (VOY video game: Elite Force) In 2377, a group of Vulcans lead by the Master N'Kal attempted to develop a cure for the syndrome using Borg nanoprobes. Unfortunately, they lost control and N'Kal became the leader of a rogue Borg Collective known as the Wardens. Fortunately, the crew of the USS Incursion were able to curtail the Wardens activities and free N'Kal from the nanoprobe control, though a cure for Bendii syndrome remains elusive. (TNG video game: Away Team)
- Bendii Syndrome was a degenerative neurological illness affecting a minority of elderly Vulcans. Initially it was characterized by wasting, weakness, fatigue, fever, and a gradual but accelerating loss of emotional control, with victims exhibiting sudden bursts of emotion. Diagnosis was made by culturing tissue samples taken from the patient's metathalamus. There was no known treatment, but the disease was the focus of ongoing medical research. A dangerous side effect of Bendii Syndrome was that the loss of emotional control could be telepathically projected to others. Vulcans were able to resist the emotional projections, but if the afflicted person was in the presence of non-Vulcans, the emotions could cause outbreaks of violence. An attending Vulcan telepath could keep these projections under control, but when the sufferer was particularly stressed, the side effect could overwhelm such efforts. Ambassador Sarek was afflicted with Bendii Syndrome at the age of 201, and his struggle with the condition ended two years later in 2368, when he died. (TNG: "Sarek" , "Unification I" ) While the name of the affliction was generally pronounced "ben-dye", Perrin (Sarek's second wife) pronounced it "ban-dee" on at least one occasion. The illness is similar in nature to Alzheimer's disease. In the novel Avenger, Sarek's death was attributed to a poison which had symptoms mimicking those of Bendii Syndrome.
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