Title of article :
If waking and dreaming consciousness became de-differentiated, would schizophrenia result?
Author/Authors :
Llewellyn، نويسنده , , Sue، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages :
25
From page :
1059
To page :
1083
Abstract :
If both waking and dreaming consciousness are functional, their de-differentiation would be doubly detrimental. Differentiation between waking and dreaming is achieved through neuromodulation. During dreaming, without external sensory data and with mesolimbic dopaminergic input, hyper-cholinergic input almost totally suppresses the aminergic system. During waking, with sensory gates open, aminergic modulation inhibits cholinergic and mesocortical dopaminergic suppresses mesolimbic. These neuromodulatory systems are reciprocally interactive and self-organizing. As a consequence of neuromodulatory reciprocity, phenomenologically, the self and the world that appear during dreaming differ from those that emerge during waking. As a result of self-organizing, the self and the world in both states are integrated. oss of self-organization would precipitate a degree of de-differentiation between waking and dreaming, resulting in a hybrid state which would be expressed heterogeneously, both neurobiologically and phenomenologically. As a consequence of progressive de-differentiation, certain identifiable psychiatric disorders may emerge. Ultimately, schizophrenia, a disorganized-fragmented self, may result.
Keywords :
Schizophrenia , Consciousness , chaos theory , Dreaming , De-differentiation , Waking , Phospholipid defects/metabolism
Journal title :
Consciousness and Cognition
Serial Year :
2011
Journal title :
Consciousness and Cognition
Record number :
2291889
Link To Document :
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