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=== Clinic === | === Clinic === | ||
* PBA is a [[ | * PBA is a Mind [[Entities list|entity]] | ||
*PBA is a condition that's characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying. | *PBA is a condition that's characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying. | ||
* It typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion. | * It typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion. | ||
* Laughter often turns to tears. Your mood will appear normal between episodes, which can occur at any time | |||
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* Compulsive laughing or weeping | * Compulsive laughing or weeping | ||
* Emotional incontinence | * Emotional incontinence | ||
=== Related disease === | === Related disease === | ||
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*Alzheimer's dementia | *Alzheimer's dementia | ||
*Parkinson's disease | *Parkinson's disease | ||
*Up to 50% | *Up to 50% with ALS | ||
* Up to 48% | * Up to 48% with traumatic brain injury. | ||
* Up to 46% | * Up to 46% with MS | ||
* [[Disinhibition]]<br /> | |||
=== Pathphysiolog === | |||
* It appears to result from a disruption of the cortico-limbic-subcortical-thalamic-pontocerebellar network involved in emotional expression and regulation with resulting disruptions of neurotransmitter systems. | * It appears to result from a disruption of the cortico-limbic-subcortical-thalamic-pontocerebellar network involved in emotional expression and regulation with resulting disruptions of neurotransmitter systems. | ||
* It is characterized by stereotyped, involuntary outbursts of affect or objective emotional expressions, that are excessive or incongruent with the individual’s subjective emotional experience or mood. | * It is characterized by stereotyped, involuntary outbursts of affect or objective emotional expressions, that are excessive or incongruent with the individual’s subjective emotional experience or mood. | ||
=== Miasms === | === Miasms === | ||
Latest revision as of 10:23, 26 September 2023
Clinic
- PBA is a Mind entity
- PBA is a condition that's characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying.
- It typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion.
- Laughter often turns to tears. Your mood will appear normal between episodes, which can occur at any time
Other names
- Emotional lability
- Pathological laughing and crying
- Involuntary emotional expression disorder
- Compulsive laughing or weeping
- Emotional incontinence
Related disease
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis [1]
- Alzheimer's dementia
- Parkinson's disease
- Up to 50% with ALS
- Up to 48% with traumatic brain injury.
- Up to 46% with MS
- Disinhibition
Pathphysiolog
- It appears to result from a disruption of the cortico-limbic-subcortical-thalamic-pontocerebellar network involved in emotional expression and regulation with resulting disruptions of neurotransmitter systems.
- It is characterized by stereotyped, involuntary outbursts of affect or objective emotional expressions, that are excessive or incongruent with the individual’s subjective emotional experience or mood.
Miasms
- ↑ Li Z, Luo S, Ou J, Huang R, Wang Y. Persistent pseudobulbar affect secondary to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2015 Mar 18;5:26210. doi: 10.3402/snp.v5.26210. PMID: 25792370; PMCID: PMC4366481.