| Literature DB >> 16997757 |
Dennis J L G Schutter1, Marjolein P M Kammers, Dorien Enter, Jack van Honk.
Abstract
Illusory own-body perceptions are 'body in space' misinterpretations of the brain and belong to the class of out-of-body experiences wherein the angular gyrus seems importantly implicated. In the present study additional cerebellum involvement in illusory own-body perceptions was investigated in a healthy young female right-handed volunteer. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was applied over the cerebellum. Placebo cerebellum TMS and occipital TMS served as control conditions. Illusory own-body perceptions accompanied by electric brain activity over the somatosensory cortex were only observed after cerebellum TMS. The data provide the first evidence that the cerebellum might be involved in a neuronal network underlying illusory own-body perceptions.Mesh:
Year: 2006 PMID: 16997757 DOI: 10.1080/14734220600791469
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cerebellum ISSN: 1473-4222 Impact factor: 3.847