Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8842193 | Progress in Neurobiology | 2018 | 73 Pages |
Abstract
Yawning is a clinical sign of the activity of various supra- and infratentorial brain regions including the putative brainstem motor pattern, hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, probably the insula and limbic structures that are interconnected via a fiber network. This interaction can be seen in analogy to other cerebral functions arising from a network or zone such as language. Within this network, yawning fulfills its function in a stereotype, reflex-like manner; a phylogenetically old function, preserved across species barriers, with the purpose of arousal, communication, and maybe other functions including respiration. Abnormal yawning with â¥3 yawns/15 min without obvious cause arises from lesions of brain areas involved in the yawning zone, its trajectories causing a disconnection syndrome, or from alteration of network activity by physical or metabolic etiologies including medication.
Keywords
T2-weighted magnetic resonance imagingREMAChRNMDARLSvmPFCTSHAMPAPO2NOSRASRT-PCRNeurodegenerativeNADPHMSHSTSACTHNIHSSCA1N-methyl-d-aspartic acid5-HT1A receptor5-HT2C receptorCa2+l-DOPACommunicationamyotrophic lateral sclerosisα-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acidgamma-aminobutyric acidElectroencephalographyarousalALSEpilepsyParkinson’s diseasefMRIfunctional magnetic resonance imagingRespirationBrain tumorcomputed tomographyG proteinBrain coolingDopamineCarbon dioxideSerotoninrestless legs syndromesuperior temporal sulcusStrokereticular activating systemPartial pressure of oxygenNational Institutes of Health stroke scalePVNCSFCerebrospinal fluidMultiple sclerosisMigraineEEGNitric oxidenitric oxide synthasenicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphateparaventricular nucleusadrenocorticotropic hormoneMelanocyte-stimulating hormonereverse transcription polymerase chain reactionguanine nucleotide-binding proteinCO2Comaventromedial prefrontal cortexGABA5-HT6 receptorD1 receptorD2 receptorD3 receptorD4 receptoracetylcholine receptorYawning
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Authors
Heinz Krestel, Claudio L. Bassetti, Olivier Walusinski,