The Cerebellum and the Timing of Reward
A new Nature Neuroscience study shows cerebellar circuits tracking when dopamine reward is expected, registering when it arrives, and helping the brain connect behavior with what happens next.
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Research Notes
Emerging neuroscience and psychedelic science, what it may mean, and how it connects with my research and the wider field.
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Wanting, Liking, and the Architecture of Reward
How liking, wanting, and learning shape reward, and what their separation means for reward fidelity and recovery.
Read the noteMapping Ibogaine Neural Dynamics in Opioid Use Disorder
Preliminary findings from the UCI and Ambio study, and how opioid cue responses could help test reward system recovery.
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The MAPS brochure describes my reward recovery model within its review of ibogaine pharmacology and clinical evidence.
Read the noteIbogaine and High Beta Brain Network Reorganization
A Stanford led EEG analysis reports lasting changes in high beta network organization associated with improvement in PTSD symptoms.
Read the notePsilocybin Triggers Activity-Dependent Rewiring of Large-Scale Cortical Networks
A mouse study examines how neural activity during psilocybin exposure shapes which cortical connections change.
Read the noteA Dominant Frontoparietal Beta State After Psychedelic Use
Resting EEG findings suggest that brain network organization remains altered after the acute psychedelic experience.
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