Research SquareJuly 7, 2026Ioanna Spanou, Efstratios Karavasilis, Foteini Christidi et al.
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Abstract Background Migraine patients are prone to nocebo responses, that hinder treatment adherence. Identifying neurobiological markers of nocebo proneness could help predict and mitigate these adverse effects. Methods This prospective three-arm randomized explorative trial examined default mode network (DMN) connectivity changes during the interictal state and an anxiety-induced nocebo...
Brazilian Journal of ScienceSeptember 29, 2025Pinelopi Vlotinou, Konstantinos Christodoulou, Anna Tsiakiri et al.
Classical psychedelics encompass psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and mescaline and are psychoactive substances that primarily function as agonists at the serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors (5-HT). In the immediate term, they modify perception, cognition, emotional state, social processing, and introspection, leading to a subjective mystical...