Yawning in neurology: a review

Abstract: Yawning is a stereotyped physiological behavior that can represent a sign or symptom of several conditions, such as stroke, parakinesia brachialis oscitans, parkinsonism, Parkinsons disease and epilepsy. More rarely, it can occur in patients with intracranial hypertension, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, migraine, Chiari malformation type I, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Drug-induced yawning is an uncommon clinical condition and yawning in patients with autism or schizophrenia is very rare. The aim of this review is to describe in detail the occurrence of the phenomenon in such conditions, and its phenomenology and pathophysiology.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Bocejo em neurologia: uma reviso
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Yawning in neurology: a review ; volume:76 ; number:07 ; year:2018 ; pages:473-480 ; Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria ; 76, Heft 07 (2018), 473-480

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Teive, Hlio A. G. ; Munhoz, Renato P. ; Camargo, Carlos Henrique F. ; Walusinski, Olivier

Further information

• DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180057
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023101210231614641475
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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