Journal article
Regional Brain Metabolism During Auditory Hallucinations in Chronic Schizophrenia
Abstract
Regions of the brain involved in language and attention were studied using [18F]-fluorodeoxy-glucose in PET. In nine chronic DSM-III schizophrenic patients who had persistent auditory hallucinations, ten who had recovered from hallucinations and ten normal controls. In none of the regions examined was metabolic activity significantly different in hallucinating patients compared with that in other groups. However, a pattern of seven significant …
Authors
Cleghorn JM; Garnett ES; Nahmias C; Brown GM; Kaplan RD; Szechtman H; Szechtman B; Franco S; Dermer SW; Cook P
Journal
The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 157, No. 4, pp. 562–570
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
October 1990
DOI
10.1192/bjp.157.4.562
ISSN
0007-1250