Hallucinations - Genetics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

HOMER1 promoter analysis in Parkinson's disease: association study with psychotic symptoms.

29 Jul 2009 AIMS:HOMER1 gene expression has been linked to abnormal movements in animals receiving chronic administration of antipsychotics. The continuing neurodegeneration of Parkinson's disease (PD) and the prolonged use of L-dopa are associated with motor ... Read more...

Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India.

2 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: This retrospective chart review evaluated a comparison of the clinical profiles of older outpatients having mania and those with unipolar depression. METHODS: The charts of elderly outpatients with mania and unipolar depression in ... Read more...

Mental imagery vividness as a trait marker across the schizophrenia spectrum.

Apr 2009 We investigated the vividness of mental imagery and its possible relationship with the predisposition towards hallucinations in 52 schizophrenia (SZ) patients, 44 of their first-degree relatives (R) and two healthy control groups (high-schizotypy ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hallucinations - Genetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HOMER1 promoter analysis in Parkinson's disease: association study with psychotic symptoms. 29 Jul 2009
• Clinical presentation of mania compared with depression: data from a geriatric clinic in India. 2 Jun 2009
• Mental imagery vividness as a trait marker across the schizophrenia spectrum. Apr 2009
• Polymorphisms in SLC6A4, PAH, GABRB3, and MAOB and modification of psychotic disorder features. 3 Mar 2009
• A novel syndrome with psychiatric features and review of malformation syndromes with psychiatric disorders. 13 Feb 2009
• A whole-genome scan and fine-mapping linkage study of auditory-visual synesthesia reveals evidence of linkage to chromosomes 2q24, 5q33, 6p12, and 12p12. 3 Feb 2009
• [Turner-syndrome and psychosis: a case report and brief review of the literature] 16 Sep 2008
• COMT ValMet moderation of cannabis-induced psychosis: a momentary assessment study of 'switching on' hallucinations in the flow of daily life. 16 Sep 2008
• [A case of Usher's syndrome associated with psychotic symptoms: diagnosis and follow-up in a psychiatric unit] 19 Aug 2008
• Penetrance of LGI1 mutations in autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features. 17 Aug 2008
• Neurocognitive allied phenotypes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. 27 Apr 2008
• MR and genetics in schizophrenia: focus on auditory hallucinations. 21 Apr 2008
• Late-onset childhood occipital epilepsy (Gastaut type): a family study. 28 Jan 2008
• Use of the ADOS and ADI-R in children with psychosis: importance of clinical judgment. 30 Dec 2007
• [Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Sotos syndrome. Case report and review of the literature] 30 Dec 2007
• A descriptive case-register study of delusional disorder. 19 Dec 2007
• Rapid evolving RNA gene HAR1A and schizophrenia. 26 Nov 2007
• Source monitoring for actions in adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). 14 Nov 2007
• Correlations between fMRI activation and individual psychotic symptoms in un-medicated subjects at high genetic risk of schizophrenia. 27 Oct 2007
• Evidence for a relationship between mentalising deficits and paranoia over the psychosis continuum. 21 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Hallucinations'

Definition: Subjectively experienced sensations in the absence of an appropriate stimulus, but which are regarded by the individual as real. They may be of organic origin or associated with MENTAL DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D006212

Alternative terms: Hallucinations; Hallucination; Hallucinations, Visual; Hallucination, Visual; Visual Hallucination; Visual Hallucinations; Hallucination of Body Sensation; Body Sensation Hallucination; Body Sensation Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Auditory; Auditory Hallucination; Auditory Hallucinations; Hallucination, Auditory; Hallucinations, Dissociative; Dissociative Hallucination; Dissociative Hallucinations; Hallucination, Dissociative; Hallucinations, Elementary; Elementary Hallucination; Elementary Hallucinations; Hallucination, Elementary; Hallucinations, Formed, of People; Hallucinations, Gustatory; Gustatory Hallucination; Gustatory Hallucinations; Hallucination, Gustatory; Hallucinations, Hypnagogic; Hallucination, Hypnagogic; Hypnagogic Hallucination; Hypnagogic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Hypnapompic; Hallucination, Hypnapompic; Hypnapompic Hallucination; Hypnapompic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Internal Body Sensation; Hallucinations, Kinesthetic; Hallucination, Kinesthetic; Kinesthetic Hallucination; Kinesthetic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Mood Congruent; Hallucination, Mood Congruent; Mood Congruent Hallucination; Mood Congruent Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Mood Incongruent; Hallucination, Mood Incongruent; Mood Incongruent Hallucination; Mood Incongruent Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Olfactory; Hallucination, Olfactory; Olfactory Hallucination; Olfactory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Organic; Hallucination, Organic; Organic Hallucination; Organic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Reflex; Hallucination, Reflex; Reflex Hallucination; Reflex Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Sensory; Hallucination, Sensory; Sensory Hallucination; Sensory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Somatic; Hallucination, Somatic; Somatic Hallucination; Somatic Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Tactile; Hallucination, Tactile; Tactile Hallucination; Tactile Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Verbal Auditory; Auditory Hallucination, Verbal; Auditory Hallucinations, Verbal; Hallucination, Verbal Auditory; Verbal Auditory Hallucination; Verbal Auditory Hallucinations; Hallucinations, Visual, Formed; Hallucinations, Visual, Unformed;

Related Mesh Headings: Hallucinogens;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.762.300; C23.888.592.604.764.300; F01.700.750.300;

Technical Notes: /chem ind: consider also HALLUCINOGENS