The simultaneous occurrence of behavioral, neurophysiological, and autonomic descriptors conventionally defines each physiologic state of being. When functional or anatomical abnormalities involve the structures of the network orchestrating the synchronization of these descriptors, features of a state of being are erroneously recruited into an ongoing state, generating aberrant conditions....
The states of being are conventionally defined by the simultaneous occurrence of behavioral, neurophysiological and autonomic descriptors. State dissociation disorders are due to the intrusion of features typical of a different state into an ongoing state. Disorders related to these conditions are classified according to the ongoing main state and comprise: 1) Dissociation from prevailing...
Peduncular hallucinosis (PH) consists of formed and coloured visual images, which the patient knows are unreal; it is often associated with lesions of the pons, midbrain and diencephalon. A 72-year-old man had noted the sudden onset of visual hallucinations one year before, specifying the time and body position in a 4-week, 24-h diary. Thereafter, he underwent video-polysomnography (VPSG),...