Insular Stimulation Produces Mental Clarity and Bliss.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34877703.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/ana.26282 and PMC identifier 9300149.
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Abstract
For the first time, an ecstatic aura has been evoked through the electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior insula during presurgical invasive intracerebral monitoring in a patient who did not suffer from an ecstatic form of epilepsy. This case provides more evidence that the anterior insula is the major generator of such a mystical-type experience even in individuals with no underlying brain network changes related to a preexisting ecstatic epilepsy. ANN NEUROL 2022;91:289-292.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebral Cortex
- Electric Stimulation
- Euphoria