A reduction in eating habits due to injury or disease in the pituitary gland located in the hypothalamus in the brain.
LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME: "Some cases of obseity are brought on by Lateral hypothalamic syndrome."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/lateral-hypothalamic-syndrome/ (accessed June 27, 2022).
