Subanesthetic nitrous oxide alters large-scale network organization and insula connectivity during visual stimulation
Communications Biology August 31, 2026 Niloufar Pouyan, Chelsea Kaplan, Tony E. Larkin et al.
Pharmacological agents that alter consciousness, including classic psychedelics and non-classic agents such as nitrous oxide, are known to affect multiple domains of conscious experience, including visual perception. While most neuroimaging studies rely on resting-state data to characterize altered states of consciousness, task-based approaches enable investigation of specific perceptual...