RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Thalamic experiential hallucinosis.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1224
OP 1226
DO 10.1136/jnnp.56.11.1224
VO 56
IS 11
A1 S Noda
A1 M Mizoguchi
A1 A Yamamoto
YR 1993
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/11/1224.abstract
AB Two patients with an infarct limited to the thalamus developed auditory and visual experiential hallucinations. Neuropathological studies in one patient showed a small cavity in the right intralaminar nuclei surrounded by focal spongiform change, partly involving the right dorsomedial nucleus. Neuroradiological data in another patient indicated that the same nuclei in the left thalamus were also affected. It was concluded that a unilateral thalamic lesion could cause experiential hallucinations and the intralaminar and dorsomedial nuclei might be important structures to explain the phenomenon.