Known as gelastic epilepsy, the seizures are caused by a benign mass or lesion deep inside the brain.

The study involved patients with gelastic epilepsy, an uncommon condition characterized by seizures that manifest as uncontrollable laughing spells. Researchers knew patients with this condition ...

A team at UCLA has used a new surgical technique to cure a boy of an epilepsy. The type of epilepsy he had caused him to have uncontrollable laughing fits.

However, these chuckles didn't mean Justin was laughing. His giggle fits were actually seizures and a sign he had a rare form of epilepsy called gelastic epilepsy.

As World Brain Day (July 22) draws attention to neurological health, lesser-known conditions like gelastic seizures, a rare form of epilepsy marked by uncontrollable laughter remain under ...

There was nothing funny about Nico's laughing. He was having a huge amount of fits known as gelastic seizures, characterized by laughing, and they were caused by a brain tumor.

But exactly where in the hypothalamus are gelastic seizure-related hamartomas located? That answer’s important because the hypothalamus has several regions, or nuclei, that manage input and ...

For the past year, Anastasia suffered from gelastic epilepsy, which is marked by numerous seizures, each lasting about 10 seconds. “It was very frightening at first, when we didn’t know what ...

A rare condition called gelastic epilepsy may help researchers understand the origins of laughter in the brain. The condition is characterized by seizures that manifest as uncontrollable laughing ...