Hyperperfusion in the lateral temporal cortex, the striatum and the thalamus during complex visual hallucinations: Single photon emission computed tomography findings in patients with Charles Bonnet Syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Adachi, Naoto ^a,b,e   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^c   Onuma, Teiichi ^c,d  

^a National Leprosarium Tama Zenshoen   (Japan)

^b Adachi Mental Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d National Saigata Medical Center   (Japan)

^e Adachi Mental Clinic Kitano   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charles Bonnet syndrome; Elderly; Eye disturbance; Single photon emission computed tomography; Visual hallucination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034069277     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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