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Definition of Gelastic

Gelastic
Gelastic Ge*las"tic, a. [Gr. ? inclined to laugh, from ? to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. ``Gelastic muscles.' --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Gelastic from wikipedia

- A gelastic seizure, also known as "gelastic epilepsy", is a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing...
- See also laughter-induced syncope, cataplexy, and Bezold–Jarisch reflex. Gelastic seizures can be due to focal lesions to the hypothalamus. Depending upon...
- the body. Rarer seizure types can cause involuntary unnatural laughter (gelastic), crying (dyscrastic), or more complex experiences such as déjà vu. About...
- frequency of one in one million individuals. The classic presentation is gelastic or laughing epilepsy, a disorder characterized by spells of involuntary...
- growths, a hypothalamic hamartoma is symptomatic; it most often causes gelastic seizures, and can cause visual problems, other seizures, rage disorders...
- diagnosed in animals, specifically dogs. Sleepwalk with Me Pseudobulbar affect Gelastic seizure St Louis EK, Boeve AR, Boeve BF (May 2017). "REM Sleep Behavior...
- as sleep inversion, sleepiness during the day and wakefulness at night. Gelastic cataplexy, the sudden loss of muscle tone when the affected patient laughs...
- Pathological laughter can also occur in the absence of pseudobulbar palsy. Gelastic (laughing) seizures are another neurological case of inappropriate or excessive...
- and various encephalitides. Rarer conditions ****ociated with PBA include gelastic epilepsy, dacrystic epilepsy, central pontine myelinolysis, olivopontinocerebellar...
- of laughter have no relation to the EEG, ruling out this feature as a gelastic phenomenon. EEG anomalies may be used as a quantitative biomarkers to "chart...