title: Evidence for functional abnormality in the right auditory cortex during musical hallucinations.
abstract: Right auditory cortex dysfunction during musical hallucinations occurred in an 88-year-old woman, who was otherwise cognitively intact. We assessed this phenomenon with a combination of neuromagnetic and cerebral blood-flow measurements.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yumoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D009146:Music; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon