Pathological yawning

Evidence-based neurology checklist on pathological yawning: Anatomy of yawning Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus The locus coeruleus The reticular activating system Cranial nerves V, VII, IX, X, XI, and XII Cervical roots C1–C4 Physiological causes of excessive yawning Neurological…

Anatomy of yawning

  • Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
  • The locus coeruleus
  • The reticular activating system
  • Cranial nerves V, VII, IX, X, XI, and XII
  • Cervical roots C1–C4 

Physiological causes of excessive yawning

Neurological causes of pathological yawning

Medical causes of pathological yawning

Drug-induced pathological yawning

Causes of loss of yawning ability

Parakinesia brachialis oscitans (PBO)

References

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  5. Zorzetto FP, Braatz VL, Walusinski O, Teive HA. Parakinesia brachialis oscitans during thrombolytic therapy. BMJ Case Rep 2013; pii: bcr2012007079. 
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