Couderq C, Drouineau J, Rosier M P, Alvarez A, Gil R, Neau J P
Service de Neurologie, CHU La Milétrie, Poitiers, France.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2000 Mar;156(3):281-4.
We report a case of 'fou rire prodromique' heralding a brainstem infarct with favorable prognosis after thrombolysis. Different clinical forms of pathological laughter, the pathophysiological mechanisms and clinico-anatomical correlations of this rare phenomenon are discussed.
