Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2008; 76: S33-S39
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038123
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Akustische Halluzinationen und funktionelle Bildgebung

Auditory Hallucinations and Functional ImagingD.  E. J.  Linden1
  • 1School of Psychology and North Wales Clinical School, University of Wales, Bangor
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Publication Date:
07 May 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung

Akustische Halluzinationen, meistens in der Form des Stimmenhörens, sind ein verbreitetes Symptom der Schizophrenie. Halluzinationen können in allen Sinnesmodalitäten und bei vielen neuropsychiatrischen Krankheitsbildern auftreten. Daneben stellen sie ein wichtiges wahrnehmungspsychologisches Modell für die Erforschung sensorischer Erfahrung ohne adäquaten Außenreiz dar. Die Befunde der funktionellen Bildgebung deuten auf eine Aktivierung der Hörrinde, aber auch des limbischen Systems und von motorischen und sensorischen Spracharealen während der akustischen Halluzinationen. Die psychologischen und neurophysiologischen Modelle könnten dahingehend konvergieren, dass bei der Schizophrenie intern generierte Monologe oder Dialoge externen Quellen zugeschrieben werden. Damit wäre die beobachtete Aktivität von Spracharealen kompatibel. Die Aktivität der Hörrinde könnte die besondere Lebhaftigkeit und Realitätsnähe der akustischen Halluzinationen bei der Schizophrenie erklären, während das limbische System die emotionale Beteiligung repräsentiert. Während psychologisch motivierte Therapieansätze schon seit längerem verfolgt werden, steht eine physiologisch begründete Therapie mit der transkraniellen Magnetstimulation noch am Anfang der Erprobung und kann noch nicht für den Routineeinsatz empfohlen werden. Die zukünftige Forschung mit funktioneller und struktureller Bildgebung sollte sich neben der Korrelation von Symptom und Hirnaktivität auch den Mustern der Kommunikation zwischen Hirnarealen und der Integrität der Faserverbindungen widmen, um den neurobiologischen Ursachen der Halluzinationen näher zu kommen.

Abstract

Auditory verbal hallucinations are a common symptom of schizophrenia. In general, hallucinations can affect all sensory modalities and occur in many neuropsychiatric disorders. They also serve the psychology of perception as the classic example of sensory experience in the absence of adequate external stimuli. Functional imaging studies showed the auditory cortex, the limbic system and language areas, both motor and sensory, to be active during auditory hallucinations. The psychological and neurophysiological models of hallucination can be integrated if we consider that patients with schizophrenia might ascribe internal monologues or dialogues to external sources. The activity of language areas during hallucinations would conform to such a model while the activity in auditory cortex might explain why auditory hallucinations are often so vivid and real for the patients suffering from them. Moreover, the activation of the limbic system might correspond to the emotional aspects of the content of the voices and the accompanying arousal. While the neurophysiological models of hallucination are thus already rather refined, the attempt at suppressing auditory cortex activity with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in order to alleviate treatment-resistant acoustic hallucinations, which is based on the functional imaging findings, still needs further study. Treatment schemes that are based on the psychological theories are more varied and have shown more consistent and long lasting effects but also suffer from the difficulty in measuring hallucinations quantitatively. Future research with functional and structural imaging should go beyond correlating brain activity and symptoms and also address the functional and structural connectivity patterns in the brain that enable hallucinations.

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