"Laughter" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.
| Descriptor ID |
D007845
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.530.614 F01.470.693
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laughter" by people in Profiles.
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Emotional and behavioral dyscontrol after traumatic brain injury. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2014 Mar; 37(1):31-53.
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Gelastic epilepsy and hypothalamic hamartomas: neuroanatomical analysis of brain lesions in 100 patients. Brain. 2011 Oct; 134(Pt 10):2960-8.
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Cingulate gyrus epilepsy: clinical and behavioral aspects, with surgical outcomes. Arch Neurol. 2011 Mar; 68(3):381-5.
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Smile and laughter induction and intraoperative predictors of response to deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuroimage. 2011 Jan; 54 Suppl 1:S247-55.
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Correct definition and reference of the term "status gelasticus". J Child Neurol. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1088.
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Pathological laughing and crying : epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment. CNS Drugs. 2008; 22(7):531-45.
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Functional anatomy of humor: positive affect and chronic mental illness. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007; 19(4):358-62.
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Diagnosis and management of pathological laughter and crying. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 Nov; 81(11):1482-6.
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Surgical strategies for approaching hypothalamic hamartomas causing gelastic seizures in the pediatric population: transventricular compared with skull base approaches. J Neurosurg. 2005 Oct; 103(4 Suppl):325-32.
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A clinical overview of pseudobulbar affect. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2005; 3 Suppl A:4-8; quiz 16-7.