Since she was an infant, a 31-year-old woman had been experiencing bursts of uncontrollable laughter, but her condition had ...

A rare condition may help researchers understand the origins of laugher in the brain, a new study says. The study involved patients with gelastic epilepsy, an uncommon condition characterized by ...

She said that before each episode started, she would experience a "feeling of dread" in her neck and chest. During the ...

As World Brain Day (July 22) draws attention to neurological health, lesser-known conditions like gelastic seizures, a rare form of epilepsy marked by uncontrollable laughter remain under-discussed ...

A 30-year-old female, battling gelastic seizures since childhood, experienced a significant reduction in seizure frequency after undergoing CyberKnife treatment. This non-invasive radiosurgery ...

Rare form of epilepsy causes gelastic seizures that appear as giggles. May 16, 2012 — -- It is the most treasured and joyous sound for nearly every parent: their child's laughter. But for a rare ...

Who doesn’t enjoy a good chuckle? Laughing has been known to improve mood and attitude. Just hearing another person laugh might even make you feel better. But sometimes, laughing too hard can be ...

Zeuxis was a painter in the fifth century BC, who had been commissioned to paint a portrait of a wealthy patron as Aphrodite. When he saw the finished product, he supposedly laughed until he died. He ...

In a sunlit school classroom, a child bursts into laughter, sudden, eerie, and entirely unprovoked. There’s no joke, no punchline, no mischief. What seems like quirky behaviour draws giggles from ...

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