“Cat-gras” delusion: a unique misidentification syndrome and a novel explanation

Neurocase

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 251-256

  Darby, R Ryan ^a,b,c   Caplan, David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capgras; confabulation; Delusional misidentification syndrome; episodic memory; identity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANIMALS; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84956668689     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2015.1136335     Document Type: Article

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