| Literature DB >> 17940172 |
Oliver C Singer1, Marek C Humpich, Heiner Lanfermann, Tobias Neumann-Haefelin.
Abstract
Pathological yawning can be a clinical sign in disorders affecting the brainstem. Here we describe seven patients with pathological yawning caused by acute middle cerebral artery stroke, indicating that pathological yawning also occurs in supratentorial stroke. We hypothesise that excessive yawning is a consequence of lesions in cortical or subcortical areas, which physiologically control diencephalic yawning centres.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17940172 PMCID: PMC2117604 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.111906
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN: 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154