goat farmer is the back-up plan. studying psychedelics and the human brain connectome - @WeillCornell postdoc with @amykooz
Oct 3, 2022 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Out at last..!
Receptor-informed network control theory links LSD and psilocybin to a flattening of the brain's control energy landscape.
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Here we reanalyze old fMRI data from @Imperial_PRG, using an emerging framework for modeling dynamics in the brain (network control theory). The opportunity psychedelics provide is in vivo stimulation + model incorporation of receptor spatial distribution (site & extent of stim).
Here’s what we did: 🧵
Some background
The RElaxed Beliefs Under pSychedelics (REBUS) model by @RCarhartHarris & Friston proposes that increased neural entropy observed under psychedelics (psychs) relaxes the brain’s prior beliefs & their influence over incoming info. These priors shape our perception.