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Psychedelics disrupt the functional hierarchy of the human brain

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Psychedelics, such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and psilocybin, are hallucinogenic drugs that act on the 5-HT2A receptor. Their effects can be analysed on three different levels: (1) phenomenology, or subjective experience, as psychedelics strongly alter a person’s state of consciousness; (2) neuroimaging, using tools such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG); and (3) pharmacology, or their biochem...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
Oxford college:
Balliol College
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Author

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-3908-6898


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https://ror.org/01dtadb22
Grant:
SFF2021_CB_MSD_1371024
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Grant:
SFF2021_CB_MSD_1371024
Programme:
John Henry Jones Scholarship


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


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English
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Deposit date:
2024-10-29

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