Treatment of alice in wonderland syndrome and verbal auditory hallucinations using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A case report with fMRIFindings

Psychopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 337-344

  Blom, Jan Dirk ^a,b   Looijestijn, Jasper ^a   Goekoop, Rutger ^a   Diederen, Kelly M J ^c   Rijkaart, Anne Marije ^a   Slotema, Christina W ^a   Sommer, Iris E C ^c  

^a PARNASSIA BAVO GROEP   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alice in Wonderland syndrome; Auditory hallucinations; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Metamorphopsias; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959822435     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325102     Document Type: Article

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