Imperial College London
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Professor David Nutt DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FSB, FMedSci

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

The Edmond J Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology
 
 
 
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@article{Lord:2019:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.060,
author = {Lord, L-D and Expert, P and Atasoy, S and Roseman, L and Rapuano, K and Lambiotte, R and Nutt, DJ and Deco, G and Carhart-Harris, RL and Kringelbach, ML and Cabral, J},
doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.060},
journal = {NeuroImage},
pages = {127--142},
title = {Dynamical exploration of the repertoire of brain networks at rest is modulated by psilocybin},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.060},
volume = {199},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Growing evidence from the dynamical analysis of functional neuroimaging data suggests that brain function can be understood as the exploration of a repertoire of metastable connectivity patterns ('functional brain networks'), which potentially underlie different mental processes. The present study characterizes how the brain's dynamical exploration of resting-state networks is rapidly modulated by intravenous infusion of psilocybin, a tryptamine psychedelic found in "magic mushrooms". We employed a data-driven approach to characterize recurrent functional connectivity patterns by focusing on the leading eigenvector of BOLD phase coherence at single-TR resolution. Recurrent BOLD phase-locking patterns (PL states) were assessed and statistically compared pre- and post-infusion of psilocybin in terms of their probability of occurrence and transition profiles. Results were validated using a placebo session. Recurrent BOLD PL states revealed high spatial overlap with canonical resting-state networks. Notably, a PL state forming a frontoparietal subsystem was strongly destabilized after psilocybin injection, with a concomitant increase in the probability of occurrence of another PL state characterized by global BOLD phase coherence. These findings provide evidence of network-specific neuromodulation by psilocybin and represent one of the first attempts at bridging molecular pharmacodynamics and whole-brain network dynamics.
AU  - Lord,L-D
AU  - Expert,P
AU  - Atasoy,S
AU  - Roseman,L
AU  - Rapuano,K
AU  - Lambiotte,R
AU  - Nutt,DJ
AU  - Deco,G
AU  - Carhart-Harris,RL
AU  - Kringelbach,ML
AU  - Cabral,J
DO  - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.060
EP  - 142
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1053-8119
SP  - 127
TI  - Dynamical exploration of the repertoire of brain networks at rest is modulated by psilocybin
T2  - NeuroImage
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.060
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31132450
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71495
VL  - 199
ER  -
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