Are Hallucinations Due to an Imbalance Between Excitatory and Inhibitory Influences on the Brain?

Jardri, Renaud; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Hughes, Matthew; Brunelin, Jérôme; Waters, Flavie; Alderson‐Day, Ben; Smailes, Dave; Sterzer, Philipp; R. Corlett, Philip; Leptourgos, Pantelis; Debbané, Martin; Cachia, Arnaud; Denève, Sophie

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbw075

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Are Hallucinations Due to an Imbalance Between Excitatory and Inhibitory Influences on the Brain?

Published in Schizophrenia Bulletin • Jun 3, 2016

Authors:

Renaud Jardri

Kenneth Hugdahl

Matthew Hughes

Abstract

This review from the International Consortium on Hallucinations Research intends to question the pertinence of the excitatory-to-inhibitory (E/I) imbalance hypothesis as a model for hallucinations. A large number of studies suggest that subtle impairments of the E/I balance are involved in neurologi...

Subject

Excitatory postsynaptic potential

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

Neuroscience

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