Psilocybin modulates functional connectivity of the amygdala during emotional face discrimination
European Neuropsychopharmacology April 25, 2018 O. Grimm, Rainer Kraehenmann, Katrin H. Preller et al. 94 citations
Recent studies suggest that the antidepressant effects of the psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonist psilocybin are mediated through its modulatory properties on prefrontal and limbic brain regions including the amygdala. To further investigate the effects of psilocybin on emotion processing networks, we studied for the first-time psilocybin's acute effects on amygdala seed-to-voxel connectivity...