KlÑŒver-Bucy syndrome

KlÑŒver-Bucy syndrome
bizarre behavior disturbances seen in monkeys following experimental bilateral temporal lobectomy which destroys important limbic structures; reported in humans after large injuries, usually from trauma, affecting the undersurface of the anterior temporal lobes. It is characterized by a tendency to examine objects orally, depression of drive and emotional reactions, hypermetamorphosis, and lack of sexual inhibitions.

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  • KlÑŒver-Bucy syndrome — KlÑŒ·ver Bu·cy syndrome (kleґvər buґse) [Heinrich KlÑŒver, American psychologist and neurologist, 1897–1979; Paul Clancy Bucy, American neurologist, 1904–1992] see under syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • hypermetamorphosis — Excessive and rapid change of ideas occurring in a mental disorder. See mania, manic depressive, manic excitement. [hyper + G. metamorphosis, transformation] * * * hy·per·meta·mor·pho·sis (hi″pər met″ə morґfə sis)… …   Medical dictionary

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