Microsomatoagnosia: whole body schema illusion as part of an epileptic aura |
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| Authors: | R R Leker A Kami Y River |
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| Institution: | Department of Neurology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Abstract: | We report a patient who presented with a whole body microsomatoagnosia as part of an epileptic aura. We postulate that this rare phenomenon argues in favor of the existence of a whole body integrative neuronal network which mediates the bodily awareness. |
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| Keywords: | microsomatoagnosia epilepsy experiential phenomena |
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