Imaging hypnotic paralysis: implications for conversion hysteria.
In a single case study with positron emission tomography (PET) functional imaging, hypnotic paralysis activated similar brain areas to those in conversion hysteria, supporting the view that hypnosis and hysteria might share common neurophysiological mechanisms.
Halligan
P W
PW
Athwal
B S
BS
Oakley
D A
DA
Frackowiak
R S
RS
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed