Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 259-262, 30 August 2005

Thalamic hypofunction in alcohol hallucinosis: FDG PET findings

  • Michael Soyka

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Hospital, University of Munich, Nuβbaumstraβe 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 89 5160 2777; fax: +49 89 5160 5617.
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  • Walter Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinic of the University of Munich-Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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  • Klaus Tatsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinic of the University of Munich-Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany

Received 30 October 2004; received in revised form 25 April 2005; accepted 5 May 2005.

Abstract 

We report findings obtained with positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18 (FDG PET) as tracer in two patients with acute alcohol hallucinosis. In line with previous findings, both patients had a significant hypometabolism in the left relative to the right thalamus. When the second patient was retested after clinical recovery, FDG PET findings were normalized, suggesting the probable thalamic dysfunction to be a functional rather than a structural abnormality.

Keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder with hallucinatory features, Positron emission tomography

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00063-6

doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.05.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 259-262, 30 August 2005

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