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A Personal Experience

Aubrey Lieberman, MD; D. Frank Benson, MD

Arch Neurol. 1977;34(11):717-719.

Abstract
• This report is based on the recorded experience of a patient with lability of emotional expression and other features of the syndrome of pseudobulbar palsy. We describe severe emotional overflow despite an underlying affective tone that is normal. In this context, emotional lability is a misnomer. "Hyperactive emotional reflexes" would be a more appropriate descriptive term, as the underlying mood appears normal, and only the degree of emotional expression is pathological.

Author Affiliations
From the Neurobehavioral Center, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 7, 1977.

Reprint requests to Neurobehavioral Center, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130 (Dr Benson).

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