Exploring the visual hallucinations of migraine aura: The tacit contribution of illustration

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1690-1703

  Schott, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hallucination; Illustration; Migraine; Visual aura

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MIGRAINE AURA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SCOTOMA; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; HALLUCINATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; SCOTOMA; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250874452     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl348     Document Type: Article

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