Editing Tears (section)

=== Bogorad's syndrome ===
Bogorad's syndrome, also known as "Crocodile Tears Syndrome", is an uncommon consequence of nerve regeneration subsequent to [[Bell's palsy]] or other damage to the [[facial nerve]]. Efferent fibers from the [[superior salivary nucleus]] become improperly connected to nerve axons projecting to the [[lacrimal glands]], causing one to shed tears ([[lacrimate]]) on the side of the palsy during salivation while smelling foods or eating. It is presumed{{By whom|date=May 2019}} that this would cause salivation while crying due to the inverse improper connection of the lacrimal nucleus to the salivary glands, but this would be less noticeable.<ref name="Crocodile tears syndrome" /><ref name="McCoy 58–62" /> The condition was first described in 1926 by its namesake, Russian neuropathologist F. A. Bogorad, in an article titled "Syndrome of the Crocodile Tears" (alternatively, "The Symptom of the Crocodile Tears") that argued the tears were caused by the act of salivation.<ref>F. A. Bogorad (trans Austin Seckersen), "The symptom of crocodile tears", ''Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences'', 02/1979; 34(1):74-9.</ref><ref>Lester Allen Russin, "Paroxysmal Lacrimation During Eating as a Sequal of Facial Palysyndrome of Crocodile Tears", JAMA. 1939;113(26):2310-2311.</ref>