The psychedelic state induced by Ayahuasca modulates the activity and connectivity of the Default Mode Network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Palhano Fontes, Fernanda ^a   Andrade, Katia C ^a   Tofoli, Luis F ^b   Jose, Antonio C Santos ^c   Crippa, Alexandre S ^c   Hallak, Jaime E C ^c   Ribeiro, Sidarta ^a   De Araujo, Draulio B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYAHUASCA; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PSILOCYBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK POSITIVE NETWORK; BANISTERIOPSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONNECTOME; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

BANISTERIOPSIS CAAPI;

ADULT; BANISTERIOPSIS; CONNECTOME; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSILOCYBINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923294503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118143     Document Type: Article

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