Neural correlates of laughter and humour

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2121-2138

  Wild, Barbara ^a   Rodden, Frank A ^b   Grodd, Wolfgang ^b   Ruch, Willibald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain physiology; Emotion; Exhilaration; Facial expression; Functional anatomy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MESENCEPHALON; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; STROKE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYMPTOM; TEGMENTUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; THEORY; VOCALIZATION; BRAIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0242304875     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg226     Document Type: Review

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