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Increased amygdala responses to emotional faces after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression
Increased amygdala responses to emotional faces after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

Roseman, L., Demetriou, L., Wall, M.B., Nutt, D.J., Carhart-Harris, R.L. (2018) Neuropharmacology , 142 , 263-269

Abstract

This study found that psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression was associated with increased amygdala responses to emotional faces, suggesting a mechanism of emotional reconnection rather than blunting.

Keywords

psilocybinamygdaladepressionemotional processingfMRI
Depressionsforschung
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