Visual hallucinations in schizophrenia investigated with functional magnetic resonance imaging

Viola Oertel; Anna Rotarska-Jagiela; Vincent G van de Ven; Corinna Haenschel; Konrad Maurer; David E J Linden

doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.09.004

Visual hallucinations in schizophrenia investigated with functional magnetic resonance imaging

Psychiatry Res. 2007 Dec 15;156(3):269-73. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.09.004. Epub 2007 Oct 31.

Authors

Viola Oertel¹, Anna Rotarska-Jagiela, Vincent G van de Ven, Corinna Haenschel, Konrad Maurer, David E J Linden

Affiliation

¹ Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Deparment of Psychiatry, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Viola.Oertel@kgu.de

PMID: 17976960
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.09.004

Abstract

We investigated a 27-year old patient with paranoid schizophrenia. Brain activity related to visual hallucinations was found in higher visual areas corresponding to the content of the hallucinations (faces, bodies, scenes) and the hippocampus. We assume that the hippocampal activity is related to the retrieval of visual images from memory and that sensory cortex activity is related to the vividness of the perceptual experience.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / physiopathology*
Hallucinations / etiology*
Hallucinations / physiopathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications*
Schizophrenia, Paranoid / physiopathology*
Schizophrenic Psychology