Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: A multimodal functional investigation

S. Arzy, S. Collette, M. Wissmeyer, F. Lazeyras, P. W. Kaplan, O. Blanke

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Abstract

Background: Patients with psychogenic amnesia generally suffer from episodic memory deficits associated with an impairment of self-identity. While the first is generally attributed to limbic dysfunction, the latter might be related to posterior parietal cortex. Methods and Results: In a patient with acute repetitive psychogenic amnesia, three different functional investigations (fMRI, electrical-neuroimaging, PET) during both resting-state and a behavioural paradigm testing 'time-travel' showed left posterior parietal activation, unlike in 12 control subjects. Conclusion: Impairment of self-identity and episodic memory in psychogenic amnesia may be associated with functional alterations of left posterior parietal cortex.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1422-1425
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Neurology
Volume18
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • FMRI
  • Frequency analysis
  • PET
  • Posterior parietal cortex
  • Psychogenic amnesia

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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