Yawning and epilepsy

Goldie, L.; Green, J.M.

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(61)90003-4

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“…Thus we see the reappearance of ancestral behavioral automatisms that are necessary for survival (such as walking, swimming, mating and other rhythmic activities, to which yawning also belongs) by a liberating ictal cortical disconnection [79,80,81,82,83]. Goldie and Green [84] present 3 observations found from old reports of Gowers (1885) [85], Penfield and Jasper (1954) [86] and Symonds (1950) [87] of children suffering from ‘petit mal’ seizures, the beginnings of which are signaled by repeated yawning. In addition to the association between temporal lobe epilepsy and yawning, Penfield and Jasper [86] describe diencephalic epilepsy, a rare type of epilepsy, whose existence has been questioned by some epileptologists.…”

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Yawning in Diseases

Walusinski¹

2009

Eur Neurol

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Yawning is a physiological behavior, an emotional stereotypy that indicates the homeostatic process of the mechanisms regulating rhythms, such as sleeping/waking, hunger/satiety or mating/relaxation, generated by the diencephalon. As with all physiological behaviors, its deregulation reveals disorders. In daily practice, yawning as a symptom is generally neglected. That is why we propose a wide overview of yawning in diseases, its consequences and significance.

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Yawning in Diseases

Walusinski¹

2009

Eur Neurol

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“…Both in neurotic patients and normal subjects, more sighing is reported with unpleasant thoughts (Finesinger, 1944). Sighing has been described to be a characteristic of epilepsy (Goldie & Green, 1961) and is also considered to be an aspect of pain behavior (Keefe & Block, 1982; Keefe & Hill, 1985; Keefe, Wilkins, & Cook, 1984). Frequent sighing has been shown to characterize patients with chronic anxiety (Tobin et al, 1983).…”

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Why do you sigh? Sigh rate during induced stress and relief

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Whereas sighing appears to function as a physiological resetter, the psychological function of sighing is largely unknown. Sighing has been suggested to occur both during stress and negative emotions, such as panic and pain, and during positive emotions, such as relaxation and relief. In three experiments, sigh rate was investigated during short imposed states of stress and relief. Stress was induced by exposure to a loud noise stressor or by anticipation of it. Relief was induced by the end of the stressor or the anticipation that no stressor would follow. Breathing parameters were recorded continuously by means of the LifeShirt System. Results consistently showed that more sighing occurred during conditions of relief compared to conditions of stress.

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“…15 Golgie and Green studied a 7-year-old girl with petit mal; the frequency of her seizures was 1 in 15 min, although it could drop to 2/day. The girl was observed during a prolonged EEG recording.…”

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