Enhanced repertoire of brain dynamical states during the psychedelic experience

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5442-5456

  Tagliazucchi, Enzo ^a   Carhart Harris, Robin ^b   Leech, Robert ^b   Nutt, David ^b   Chialvo, Dante R ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

FMRI; Functional connectivity; Psilocybin; Psychedelic state; Resting state

Indexed keywords

PSILOCYBINE; OXYGEN; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTROPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PSILOCYBINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907927648     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22562     Document Type: Article

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