Citation

Fernández-Baca Vaca G, Lüders HO, Basha MM, Miller JP. Epileptic Disord. 2011; 13(4): 435-440.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, John Libbey Eurotext)

DOI

10.1684/epd.2011.0480

PMID

22258050

Abstract

There are few reports of laughter and/or mirth evoked by electrical stimulation of the brain. In this study, we present a patient with intractable epilepsy in whom mirth and laughter was consistently produced during stimulation of the left inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part) using stereotactically placed depth electrodes. A review of the literature shows that cortical sites that produce mirth when stimulated are located in the dominant hemisphere close to language areas or cortical negative motor areas.

Language: en