A case of utilization behavior and hyperorality following bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarct partially responsive to carbamazepine: can both behaviors be attributed to lesions in different frontal lobe circuits?

Psychosomatics. 2011 Nov-Dec;52(6):563-7. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.040. Epub 2011 Sep 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amygdala / pathology
  • Amygdala / physiopathology
  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacology
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Apathy
  • Appetitive Behavior / drug effects
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carbamazepine / pharmacology
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use*
  • Craniotomy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / complications*
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / diagnosis
  • Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / rehabilitation
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / etiology
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningioma / surgery
  • Neural Pathways / physiopathology
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamazepine