Neural mechanisms of psychedelic visual imagery
Stoliker D, Preller K, Novelli L, Anticevic A, Egan G, Vollenweider F, Razi A. Neural mechanisms of psychedelic visual imagery. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-8. PMID: 38862674, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02632-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual association regionsVisual imageryConsistent with preclinical findingsInferior frontal gyrusSerotonergic psychedelic drugTop-down feedback connectionsFunctional MRI scansVisual areasDynamic causal modelingEffective connectivity modelsTop-down connectionsEarly visual areasFusiform gyrusFrontal gyrusClassic psychedelicsIntraparietal sulcusBehavioral measuresNeural mechanismsPsychedelic experiencePsychedelic drugsConnectivity changesAffect balancePlacebo-controlledPreclinical findingsCausal model