Mirth, Laughter and Gelastic Seizures

Abstract

One patient with laughter-associated seizures originating in the anterior cingulate gyrus and two patients with complex partial seizures who exhibited mirth and laughter following direct cortical stimulation of the parahippocampal and fusiform gyri are reported from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Keywords

• mirth
• laughter
• gelastic seizures