A recent study offers new insights into how brain regions coordinate during rest, using resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) and neural recordings in mice.

Perhaps an even more surefire way to land on the far side of that threshold is to tell them about your trip on one of the most bizarre, powerful, and under-studied psychedelic drugs: DMT, or, if you ...

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The Imperial College London researchers concluded the near-death or "complex subjective" experiences had been caused by physical changes in the brain. They now hope DMT can help them better ...

An extensive study utilizing the UK Biobank explores the impact of lifetime cannabis use on brain structure and function, ...

The Color of ThoughtThe brain’s many regions are connected by some 100,000 miles of fibers called white matter—enough to circle the Earth four times. Images like this, taken at the Martinos ...

Scientists studying DMT, a psychoactive chemical that can induce near-death experiences, say brain images helped them glean new insights into how the drug works by making brain activity more ...

By scanning the brains of people while they watched movie clips, neuroscientists have created the most detailed functional ...

In two recent studies, his team has teased out distinct brain regions and mechanisms involved in our ability to pay attention. Such insights can help scientists better understand and treat ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

For example, out-of-body experiences in NDEs may be accounted for by the disruption of the temporal parietal region ... go beyond brain activity. Do hallucinogenic chemicals like DMT explain ...