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Published in: Sleep and Breathing 3/2011

01-09-2011 | Letter to the Editors

Excessive yawning and thermoregulatory dysfunction

Author: Andrew C. Gallup

Published in: Sleep and Breathing | Issue 3/2011

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Gallup and Gallup [1] recently described two independent case histories of women who suffer from recurrent, debilitating bouts of excessive yawning. Based on past research showing an association between yawning and thermoregulation [2‐6] and clear symptoms of thermoregulatory dysfunction among these women, it was suggested that the trigger for excessive yawning may be due to increases in brain and/or body temperature. Elo [7] has challenged this report, suggesting there were problems concerning data collection and conclusions drawn from it. …
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Metadata
Title
Excessive yawning and thermoregulatory dysfunction
Author
Andrew C. Gallup
Publication date
01-09-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Sleep and Breathing / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1520-9512
Electronic ISSN: 1522-1709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-010-0365-0

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