Serotonergic hyperactivity as a potential factor in developmental, acquired and drug-induced synesthesia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Brogaard, Berit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired synesthesia; Autism spectrum disorder; Drug induced synaesthesia; Left hemisphere injuries; Multisensory perception; Savant syndrome; Serotonin hypothesis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PSILOCYBINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ACQUIRED SYNESTHESIA; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN INJURY; DEVELOPMENTAL SYNESTHESIA; DRUG INDUCED SYNESTHESIA; EPILEPSY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84933673704     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00657     Document Type: Article

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