title: Yawning in acute anterior circulation stroke.
abstract: Pathological yawning can be a clinical sign in disorders affecting the brainstem. Here we describe seven patients with pathological yawning caused by acute middle cerebral artery stroke, indicating that pathological yawning also occurs in supratentorial stroke. We hypothesise that excessive yawning is a consequence of lesions in cortical or subcortical areas, which physiologically control diencephalic yawning centres.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, JW Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Schleusenweg 2-16, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. o.singer@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Oliver C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Marek C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Humpich
authors.forename: Heiner
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lanfermann
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neumann-Haefelin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015000:Yawning / Q000502:physiology*