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Lesions Causing Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Map to a Common Brain Network Linking Body and Size Perception

Authors: Maximilian U. Friedrich; Elijah C. Baughan; Isaiah Kletenik; Ellen Younger; Charlie W. Zhao; Calvin Howard; Michael A. Ferguson; +10 Authors

Lesions Causing Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Map to a Common Brain Network Linking Body and Size Perception

Abstract

Objective Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) profoundly affects human perception of size and scale, particularly regarding one's own body and the environment. Its neuroanatomical basis has remained elusive, partly because brain lesions causing AIWS can occur in different brain regions. Here, we aimed to determine if brain lesions causing AIWS map to a distributed brain network. Methods A retrospective case–control study analyzing 37 cases of lesion‐induced AIWS identified through systematic literature review was conducted. Using resting‐state functional connectome data from 1,000 healthy individuals, the whole‐brain connections of each lesion were estimated and contrasted with those from a control dataset comprising 1,073 lesions associated with 25 other neuropsychiatric syndromes. Additionally, connectivity findings from lesion‐induced AIWS cases were compared with functional neuroimaging results from 5 non‐lesional AIWS cases. Results AIWS‐associated lesions were located in various brain regions with minimal overlap (≤33%). However, the majority of lesions (≥85%) demonstrated shared connectivity to the right extrastriate body area, known to be selectively activated by viewing body part images, and the inferior parietal cortex, involved in size and scale judgements. This pattern was uniquely characteristic of AIWS when compared with other neuropsychiatric disorders (family‐wise error‐corrected p < 0.05) and consistent with functional neuroimaging observations in AIWS due to nonlesional causes (median correlation r = 0.56, interquartile range 0.24). Interpretation AIWS‐related perceptual distortions map to one common brain network, encompassing regions critical for body representation and size‐scale processing. These findings lend insight into the neuroanatomical localization of higher‐order perceptual functions, and may inform future therapeutic strategies for perceptual disorders. ANN NEUROL 2024;96:662–674

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Male, Adult, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, Brain, Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS); Lesion Network Mapping; MRI, Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Young Adult, Case-Control Studies, Connectome, Body Image, Humans, Female, Nerve Net, Retrospective Studies, Aged

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