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Pathological laughter and crying


Pathological laughter and crying in patients with multiple system ...

Pathological laughter and crying (PLC) is a condition in which a patient with an underlying neurological disorder exhibits episodes of laughter ...

(PDF) Neuroanatomy of Pathological Laughing and Crying

PDF | Pathological laughing and crying (PLC) is a clinical condition that occurs in patients with various neurological disorders. It is characterized by.

Pseudobulbar affect: When patients laugh or cry, but don't know why

Pathological affect. Pathological laughter and crying. Pathological weeping. Pseudobulbar crying. PBA: pseudobulbar affect. Source: Reference 4. Page 3. Current ...

An old case of pathological laughing and crying - The Lancet

Here we present one of the oldest cases of pathological laughing and crying, taken from the casebook of the famous barber-surgeon Ambroise Paré (1510–90).

Pathological laughter and crying in patients with closed traumatic ...

Patients with pathological laugh- ter and crying were identified from among 301 consecutive brain-injured admissions to a trauma centre and subsequently to a ...

Behaviour, physiology and experience of pathological laughing and ...

Pathological laughing and crying is a disorder of emotional expression seen in a number of neurological diseases. The aetiology.

Pseudobulbar Affect Infographic | American Stroke Association

PBA is sometimes referred to by other terms, such as emotional incontinence or pathological laughing and crying. PBA is not Depression. They're similar but ...

Diagnosis and management of pathological laughter and crying.

Patients with various neurologic disorders exhibit exaggerated or inappropriate episodes of laughter, crying, or both without an apparent motivating ...

Pathological Laughter and Crying | Neupsy Key

A condition in which the patient has uncontrollable bouts of laughter or crying or both without an underlying mood or personality disorder.

Pathological Laughing and Crying - Frances L. Dark, John J ...

The pathophysiology of pathological laughing and crying is still unclear. It can occur in the presence of focal as well as diffuse brain disease. Treatment with ...

Pathological laughter and crying in patients with closed traumatic ...

Pathological laughter alone, or combined with crying, was more frequent than crying alone. An attempt to correlate clinical features with focal lesions on ...

A case of Pathological Laughter in a patient with recurrent stroke

Pathological laughing and crying (PLC) is a post stroke condition characterized by brief, intense uncontrollable crying and/or laughing due ...

Pathological laughter and crying - Tucson Medical Center

Pseudobulbar affect is characterized by an involuntary and uncontrollable reaction of laughter or crying that's disproportionate to an event.

Introduction to Pseudobulbar Affect: Setting the Stage for ...

Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), also known as pathological laughter and crying, affects approximately 2 million Americans. 1 The causes of PBA ...

Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA) - HealthCentral

The most common symptom of pseudobulbar affect is mood-incongruent behavior. Laughing hysterically at a funeral. Uncontrollable crying when ...

Pathological laughing and crying following traumatic brain injury.

Examination of the prevalence and clinical correlates of pathological laughing and crying using the Pathological Laughter and Crying Scale revealed that ...

Pathological laughter and crying in neurological disorders - ProQuest

Pathological laughter and crying is best considered as a disturbance of the reflex motor output of emotional behaviour rather than as a primary disorder of ...

Pathologic laughter and crying in ALS: a search for their origin

ABSTRACT Spells of laughter and crying are well known in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since ALS occurs mostly in older age groups, ...

Pathological Crying: Modern Treatment Options - Karger Publishers

Pathological laughing and/or crying are found as a concomitant symptom in a large number of neurological conditions of very diverse genesis [Kratz and.

Pathological laughter and crying: A link to the cerebellum

... It is an uncommon symptom usually caused by bilateral, diffuse cerebral lesions. The current view is that it results from any lesion in the cortical ...


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