Flicker light stimulation induces thalamocortical hyperconnectivity with LGN and higher-order thalamic nuclei.
Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) 2023 Ioanna Amaya, Marianna E. Schmidt, Marie T Bartossek et al.
The thalamus is primarily known as a relay for sensory information; however, it also critically contributes to higher-order cortical processing and coordination. Thalamocortical hyperconnectivity is associated with hallucinatory phenomena that occur in various psychopathologies (e.g., psychosis, migraine aura) and altered states of consciousness (ASC; e.g., induced by psychedelic drugs)....