There are a number of chronic neurological disorders that exhibit pseudobulbar or bulbar palsy (dysarthria and dysphagia) and in which mutism supervenes. In pseudobulbar palsy there are bilateral ...

Pseudobulbar palsy, also known as involuntary emotional expression disorder, is a condition that affects your ability to control of the muscles in your face (including your jaw). The muscles in your ...

Progressive bulbar palsy is a motor neuron disorder that involves the lower motor neurons. These neurons conduct messages from the brain stem and spinal cord to the brain. Initially, patients with ...

Researchers have identified a new variant form of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) that is characterised by prominent acute bulbar palsy without neck or limb weakness. The fact that acute bulbar palsy ...

Other drugs have been used for PBA, primarily in case studies and limited clinical studies. These drugs include other antidepressants (eg, mirtazapine, reboxetine, venlafaxine), lamotrigine, carbidopa ...

The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting marketing authorization of a treatment for pseudobulbar affect (PBA) in adults ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs. Previously, ...

CA_092018_Feature-2_Image Pseudobulbar affect is a significant national health issue in the United States, with approximately 2 million individuals affected. Pseudobulbar affect is characterized by ...

—Pseudobulbar affect has been associated with depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. A pilot study looks at these relationships in more detail. Reviewed ...

—The effort required to manage a patient’s physical manifestations of ALS often overshadows the disease’s psychological burdens. That’s changing. Reviewed by Aaron Miller, MD, Professor of Neurology, ...