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  2. Pseudobulbar affect - Wikipedia

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    [27] [28] [29] The higher prevalence rates tend to be reported in stroke patients who are older or who have a history of prior stroke. [30] [31] The relationship between post-stroke depression and PBA is complicated, because the depressive syndrome also occurs with high frequency in stroke survivors. Post-stroke patients with PBA are more ...

  3. Yawn - Wikipedia

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    Yawning behavior may be altered as a result of medical issues such as diabetes, [31] stroke, [32] or adrenal conditions. [33] Excessive yawning is seen in immunosuppressed patients such as those with multiple sclerosis. [34]

  4. Why you yawn when you’re bored, according to experts - AOL

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    This explains why people with medical conditions that cause an increased core body temperature like multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy, anxiety, and head trauma experience excessive yawning ...

  5. Can you make it through this video without yawning? - AOL

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    It found that young people are more apt to "catch" a yawn than older people. 328 participants were asked to watch a three-minute video of people yawning and to keep track of how many times they ...

  6. Meige's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Some patients may experience excessive tongue protrusion, squinting, light sensitivity, muddled speech, or uncontrollable contraction of the platysma muscle. Some Meige's patients also have "laryngeal dystonia" (spasms of the larynx). Blepharospasm may lead to embarrassment in social situations, and oromandibular dystonia can affect speech ...

  7. Can’t Stop Yawning? Experience Sleep Like Never ... - AOL

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    We wake up feeling groggy and exhausted, and all day long we’re yawning and wishing we could take a five-hour long nap to make up for lost sleep. We have heavy eye bags, our skin and hair are ...

  8. Echopraxia - Wikipedia

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    Echopraxia is a typical symptom of Tourette syndrome but causes are not well elucidated. [1]Frontal lobe animation. One theoretical cause subject to ongoing debate surrounds the role of the mirror neuron system (MNS), a group of neurons in the inferior frontal gyrus (F5 region) of the brain that may influence imitative behaviors, [1] but no widely accepted neural or computational models have ...

  9. Yawning is more contagious for the young, study says - AOL

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    Yawning. We all do it and yet there's no set explanation on why we do it. And just as mysterious is that the act of yawning seems to be contagious. A new study looking at that issue has found that ...