Artículo
Phantom percepts: Tinnitus and pain as persisting aversive memory networks
Fecha de publicación:
05/2011
Editorial:
National Academy of Sciences
Revista:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
ISSN:
0027-8424
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Phantomperception refers to the conscious awareness of a percept in the absence of an external stimulus. On the basis of basic neuroscience on perception and clinical research in phantom pain and phantom sound, we propose a working model for their origin. Sensory deafferentation results in high-frequency, gamma band, synchronized neuronal activity in the sensory cortex. This activity becomes a conscious percept only if it is connected to larger coactivated "(self-)awareness" and "salience" brain networks. Through the involvement of learning mechanisms, the phantom percept becomes associated to distress, which in turn is reflected by a simultaneously coactivated nonspecific distress network consisting of the anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and amygdala. Memory mechanisms play a role in the persistence of the awareness of the phantom percept, as well as in the reinforcement of the associated distress. Thus, different dynamic overlapping brain networks should be considered as targets for the treatment of this disorder.
Palabras clave:
Tinnitus
,
Perception
,
Phantoms
,
Pain
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Articulos(INGEBI)
Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.EN ING.GENETICA Y BIOL.MOLECULAR "DR. HECTOR N TORRES"
Articulos de INST.DE INVEST.EN ING.GENETICA Y BIOL.MOLECULAR "DR. HECTOR N TORRES"
Citación
De Ridder, Dirk; Elgoyhen, Ana Belen; Romo, Ranulfo; Langguth, Berthold; Phantom percepts: Tinnitus and pain as persisting aversive memory networks; National Academy of Sciences; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America; 108; 20; 5-2011; 8075-8080
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