Journal article
Toward a brain map of auditory hallucinations
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study asks whether auditory hallucinations are reflected in a distinctive metabolic map of the brain.
METHOD: Regional brain metabolism was measured by positron emission tomography with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose in 12 DSM-III schizophrenic patients who experienced auditory hallucinations during glucose uptake and 10 who did not. All patients were free of neuroleptics and 19 had never been treated with neuroleptics. Nine patients …
Authors
Cleghorn JM; Franco S; Szechtman B; Kaplan RD; Szechtman H; Brown GM; Nahmias C; Garnett ES
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 149, No. 8, pp. 1062–1069
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
DOI
10.1176/ajp.149.8.1062
ISSN
0002-953X
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultAntipsychotic AgentsAuditory Perceptual DisordersBrainBrain MappingCerebral CortexCorpus StriatumDeoxyglucoseFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Frontal LobeFunctional LateralityGlucoseHallucinationsHumansLanguageMalePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyTemporal LobeTomography, Emission-Computed