Differences in regional cerebral blood flow during musical and verbal hallucinations.
A 51-year-old male patient suffered from both musical and verbal hallucinations with insight. We performed three single photon emission computed tomographic scans with the patient in different conditions: baseline without hallucinations, musical hallucinations, and verbal hallucinations. Clearly, different patterns of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were observed during musical and verbal hallucinations. The findings suggest that musical and verbal hallucinations are associated with different patterns of rCBF, possibly reflecting the different causes of the two types of hallucinations.
Izumi
Yukiyo
Y
Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Terao
Takeshi
T
Ishino
Yoichi
Y
Nakamura
Jun
J
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon