Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by excessive emotional displays, most often crying or laughing, thought to be caused by network dysfunction in the brain.
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This disorder should be suspected in patients with neurologic diso...
Finegan E, Chipika RH, Li HS, et al. Pathological crying and laughing in motor neuron disease: pathobiology, screening, intervention. Front Neurol. 2019;10:260....
The key feature of PBA is the dissociation from the emotional experience (internal/mood) and the emotional expression (external manifestation/affect).
PBA is an often underdiagnosed or ...
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