A case of persistent visual hallucinations of faces following LSD abuse: A functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging study

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-118

  Iaria, Giuseppe ^a,b   Fox, Christopher J ^b   Scheel, Michael ^b   Stowe, Robert M ^b   Barton, Jason J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faces; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; LSD abuse; Schizoaffective disorder; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LYSERGIDE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RABEPRAZOLE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD DISORDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SPINDLE CELL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEROTONIN AGENTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77951041537     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903329141     Document Type: Article

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