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Thalamocortical dysfunction and complex visual hallucinations in brain disease - Are the primary disturbances in the cerebral cortex?

Lookup NU author(s): Daniel Collerton, Emeritus Professor Elaine Perry

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Abstract

Applying Behrendt & Young's (B&Y's) model of thalamocortical synchrony to complex visual hallucinations in neurodegenerative disorders, such as dementia with Lewy bodies and progressive supranuclear palsy, leads us to propose that the primary pathology maybe cortical rather than thalamic. Additionally, the extinction of active hallucinations by eye closure challenges their conception of the role of reduced sensory input.

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Author(s): Collerton D, Perry E

Publication type: Editorial

Publication status: Published

Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Year: 2004

Volume: 27

Issue: 6

Pages: 789-790

ISSN (print): 0140-525X

ISSN (electronic): 1469-1825

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X04240183

DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X04240183

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