Pathological laughing and crying in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An association with prefrontal cognitive dysfunction

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-48

  McCullagh, Scott ^a   Moore, Myrna ^a   Gawel, Marek ^a   Feinstein, Anthony ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect, laughter, crying, etiology; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognition, olfaction; Pseudobulbar palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0032744515     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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