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Evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow in a patient with musical hallucinations.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20391182     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 52-year-old woman with musical hallucinations was examined using brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with 99mTc-ECD. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) after carbamazepine treatment were assessed using a three-dimensional stereotaxic ROI template. Following treatment, rCBF was decreased in the subcortical structures and increased in the global cortical regions. From our findings, we propose that rCBF values in subcortical structures represent abnormalities similar to those reported in previous reports or other psychiatric disorders, while those in cortical regions suggest background brain dysfunctions that result in generation of musical hallucinations.
Authors:
Masaru Shoyama; Satoshi Ukai; Yuji Kitabata; Masahiro Yamamoto; Masatoshi Okumura; Asami Kose; Tomikimi Tsuji; Kazuhiro Shinosaki
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurocase     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1465-3656     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurocase     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-14     Completed Date:  2010-07-12     Revised Date:  2011-03-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9511374     Medline TA:  Neurocase     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan. shouyama@wakayama-med.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Audiometry / methods
Brain Mapping*
Cerebral Cortex / blood supply*,  radionuclide imaging
Female
Hallucinations / pathology,  physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Humans
Middle Aged
Music*
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods

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