Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia The pathophysiological theories of auditory hallucinations have virtually been unknown until recently. These theories of auditory hallucinations “suggest that the production of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia is associated with increased activity in a network of cortical areas specialized for language” (McGuire, PK, GMS Shah, and RM Murray; Lancet, v. 342, iss. 8873, pg 704; 1993). McGuire, Shah, and Murray conducted a famous study in which they studied 12 schizophrenic patients at various hospitals. Using single photon emission topography (SPET) they measured regional cerebral blood flow with “the aim of identifying brain areas that are especially active during auditory hallucinations” (McGuire, Shah, and Murray, pg 703). The results of their study were very interesting schizophrenia, hallucinations, auditory, study, shah, murray, mcguire, brain, area, voices, theories, production, pg, others, language, known, interesting, flow, during, blood, areas, activity, speech, won, wernicke’s, virtually, very, various, using, until, unknown, understanding, topography, thoughts, suggest