Psychotropic Drugs

Investigators at University of Pittsburgh Publish Research in Psychotropic Drugs

Published in Drug Week, March 23rd, 2012

2012 MAR 23 -- According to the authors of a study from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "We study the spatiotemporal dynamics of neuronal networks with spike frequency adaptation. In particular, we compare the effects of adaptation being either a linear or nonlinear function of neural activity."

"We find that altering parameters controlling the strength of synaptic connections in the network can lead to spatially structured activity suggestive of symptoms of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD). First, we study how both networks track spatially homogeneous flickering stimuli, and find input is encoded as continuous at lower flicker frequencies when...

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Source: Drug Week (2012-03-23)

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