SynthesisBMC psychiatry2016
Neural correlates of conversion disorder: overview and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on motor conversion disorder.
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- Psychedelic treatment of functional neurological disorder: a systematic review.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2020Review
- Impaired Action Control in Patients With Functional Movement Disorders.The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2020Article
- Modification of both functional neurological symptoms and neuroimaging patterns with a good anatomoclinical concordance: a case report.BMC neurology · 2019Article
- Hallucinations, somatic-functional disorders of PD-DLB as expressions of thalamic dysfunction.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2019Review
- Sexual abuse and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundConversion Disorders (CD) are prevalent functional disorders. Although the pathogenesis is still not completely understood, an interaction of genetic, neurobiological, and psychosocial factors is quite likely. The aim of this study is to provide a systematic overview on imaging studies on CDs and investigate neuronal areas involved in Motor Conversion Disorders (MCD).
methodsA systematic literature search was conducted on CD. Subsequently a meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies on MCD was implemented using an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE). We calculated differences between patients and healthy controls as well as between affected versus unaffected sides in addition to an overall analysis in order to identify neuronal areas related to MCD.
resultsPatients with MCD differ from healthy controls in the amygdala, superior temporal lobe, retrosplenial area, primary motor cortex, insula, red nucleus, thalamus, anterior as well as dorsolateral prefrontal and frontal cortex. When comparing affected versus unaffected sides, temporal cortex, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, supramarginal gyrus, dorsal temporal lobe, anterior insula, primary somatosensory cortex, superior frontal gyrus and anterior prefrontal as well as frontal cortex show significant differences.
conclusionsNeuronal areas seem to be involved in the pathogenesis, maintenance or as a result of MCD. Areas that are important for motor-planning, motor-selection or autonomic response seem to be especially relevant. Our results support the emotional unawareness theory but also underline the need of more support by conduction imaging studies on both CD and MCD.
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