Laughter
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Biofeedback treatment of giggle incontinence in a teenager]

30 Aug 2009 Giggle incontinence is a rare syndrome in which apparently complete voiding occurs specifically during laughing. It needs to be differentiated from stress incontinence and detrusor instability. Reports on the treatment outcome of this disorder are ... Read more...

Methylphenidate for giggle incontinence.

18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Giggle incontinence or enuresis risoria is a socially embarrassing problem characterized by involuntary and complete bladder emptying in response to laughter. To our knowledge the cause of giggle incontinence is unknown, although a ... Read more...

Successful treatment for giggle incontinence with biofeedback.

18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Giggle incontinence is the involuntary and often unpredictable loss of urine during giggling or laughter in the absence of other stress incontinence. The pathophysiology is unclear, urodynamics are seldom helpful, and the efficacy of timed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Laughter'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Biofeedback treatment of giggle incontinence in a teenager] 30 Aug 2009
• Methylphenidate for giggle incontinence. 18 Aug 2009
• Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
• Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
• Successful treatment for giggle incontinence with biofeedback. 18 Aug 2009
• Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
• [A successful surgical case of a hypothalamic hamartoma with gelastic seizure: a case report] 30 Jul 2009
• Laugh yourself into a healthier person: a cross cultural analysis of the effects of varying levels of laughter on health. 26 Jul 2009
• Animal communication: laughter is the shortest distance between two apes. 12 Jul 2009
• Darwin's last laugh. 7 Jul 2009
• Acoustic profiles of distinct emotional expressions in laughter. 29 Jun 2009
• Transient mutism and pathologic laughter in the course of cerebellitis. 29 Jun 2009
• Reconstructing the evolution of laughter in great apes and humans. 2 Jun 2009
• Differentiation of emotions in laughter at the behavioral level. 30 May 2009
• The effects of laughter on post-prandial glucose levels and gene expression in type 2 diabetic patients. 16 May 2009
• Adults' autonomic and subjective emotional responses to infant vocalizations: the role of secure base script knowledge. 29 Apr 2009
• Gelastic seizures: A case of lateral frontal lobe epilepsy and review of the literature. 15 Apr 2009
• Gelastic presyncope: an unusual manifestation in an elderly patient. 30 Mar 2009
• Hearty humor. 30 Mar 2009
• Mirthful gelastic seizures with ictal involvement of temporobasal regions. 18 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Laughter'

Definition: An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.

Descriptor UI: D007845

Alternative terms: Laughter; Laughters;

Related Mesh Headings: Wit and Humor as Topic; Laughter Therapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: physiology; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.145.209.530.614; F01.470.693;