brain networks

Mysterious Resting State Networks Might Be What Allow Different Brain Therapies to Work

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From Pacific Standard, this is a brief review of new research around the efficacy of deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of various types of psychological distress (depression, bipolar, and so on). Their results suggest that brain networks might be used to understand why brain stimulation works and to improve this … Read more

The Effects of Psilocybin and MDMA on Between-Network Resting State Functional Connectivity in Healthy Volunteers

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  I’ve been binge watching a new series called Black Box, kind of like House, MD, but specific to neuroscience diagnostic mysteries (oh, and the main character is bipolar rather than narcissistic). In the 5th episode (there’s only 7 so far), one of the recurring characters has a brain tumor metastasize to his liver, which … Read more