Citation
N. Zungu-dirwayi et al., Are musical obsessions a temporal lobe phenomenon?, J NEUROP CL, 11(3), 1999, pp. 398-400
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES
ISSN journal
08950172
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Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
398 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-0172(199922)11:3<398:AMOATL>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Obsessive musical tunes have been described in some cases of obsessive-comp
ulsive disorder (OCD). The authors present 2 cases of patients with musical
obsessions, including findings from functional brain imaging. Both patient
s, I with idiopathic OCD and 1 with symptoms secondary to head trauma, demo
nstrated decreased blood flow in temporal lobes. This finding is consistent
with previous literature on musical and auditory hallucinations.