The Neuroscience of Psychedelics: Insights from Brain Imaging Studies.

A study at Imperial College London has revealed how the potent psychedelic compound DMT alters brain function. During the immersive DMT experience, there was increased connectivity across the brain, with more communication between different areas and systems. The changes to brain activity were most prominent in areas linked with "higher level" functions, such as imagination. The study is the first to track brain activity before, during and after the DMT experience in such detail, providing further evidence of how DMT, and psychedelics more generally, exert their effects by disrupting high level brain systems.