Swiss Medical Weekly

Acute effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on resting brain function

This review of recent fMRI studies finds that acute LSD produces widespread alterations in functional brain connectivity — predominantly increases and most consistently heightened thalamocortical coupling — supporting models of reduced cerebral filtering of external and internal information, though results are tempered by neuroimaging limitations and potential biases.

Published

September 30, 2019

Journal

Swiss Medical Weekly

Authors

Felix, M., Stefan, B.