Detailed Information on Publication Record
2012
Unveiling the mystery of déja vu: The structural anatomy of déja vu
BRÁZDIL, Milan, Radek MAREČEK, Tomáš URBÁNEK, Tomáš KAŠPÁREK, Michal MIKL et. al.Basic information
Original name
Unveiling the mystery of déja vu: The structural anatomy of déja vu
Authors
BRÁZDIL, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Radek MAREČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš URBÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš KAŠPÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal MIKL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan REKTOR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Adam ZEMAN (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
Cortex, Milano, Elsevier Masson, 2012, 0010-9452
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30000 3. Medical and Health Sciences
Country of publisher
Italy
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 6.161
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14740/12:00060031
Organization unit
Central European Institute of Technology
UT WoS
000308121900013
Keywords in English
déja vu; source-based morphometry; temporal lobe epilepsy; neuroanatomy; postnatal neurogenesis
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 7/4/2013 12:10, Olga Křížová
Abstract
V originále
Deéja vu (DV) is a widespread, fascinating and mysterious human experience. It occurs both in health and in disease, notably as an aura of temporal lobe epilepsy. This feeling of inappropriate familiarity has attracted interest from psychologists and neuroscientists for over a century, but still there is no widely agreed explanation for the phenomenon of non-pathological DV. Here we investigated differences in brain morphology between healthy subjects with and without DV using a novel multivariate neuroimaging technique, Source-Based Morphometry. The analysis revealed a set of cortical (predominantly mesiotemporal) and subcortical regions in which there was significantly less gray matter in subjects reporting DV. In these regions gray matter volume was inversely correlated with the frequency of DV. Our results demonstrate a structural correlate of DV in healthy individuals for the first time and support a neurological explanation for the phenomenon. We hypothesis that the observed local gray matter decrease in subjects experiencing DV reflects an alteration of hippocampal function and postnatal neurogenesis with resulting changes of volume in remote brain regions.
Links
ED1.1.00/02.0068, research and development project |
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MSM0021622404, plan (intention) |
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