2024
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
2023
Investigating functional brain connectivity patterns associated with two hypnotic states
de Matos N, Staempfli P, Seifritz E, Preller K, Bruegger M. Investigating functional brain connectivity patterns associated with two hypnotic states. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2023, 17: 1286336. PMID: 38192504, PMCID: PMC10773817, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1286336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLingual gyrusFunctional brain connectivity patternsConnectivity changesUnbiased whole-brain analysesFunctional connectivity changesRegion-specific increaseFunctional connectivity patternsWhole-brain analysisBrain connectivity patternsConnectivity patternsHypnotic stateOccipital cortexOccipital poleClinical successTemporal areaNeural hubPlanum temporaleSupramarginal gyrusVoxel analysisGyrusFMRI studyNeurobiological underpinningsControl conditionHypnosis stateHypnosis