Vollenweider Kometer

Fakultäten » Medizinische Fakultät » Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik » Affektive Erkrankungen und Allgemeinpsychiatrie Zürich Ost, Klinik für » Prof. Dr. F. X. Vollenweider » Vollenweider Kometer

Current research project

Title / Titel	Monitoring-processes in psilocybin-induced altered states of consciousness
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Summary / Zusammenfassung	Monitoring-processes are the awareness and control of our action, perception and emotions in relation to internal goals. The aim of our study is to reveal the role of the 5-HT1A and 2A receptors in monitoring-processes and its association to key dimensions of altered states of consciousness. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled design we apply the mixed 5-HT2A/1A agonist psilocybin as well as the 5-HT2A antagonist Ketanserin and assess the spatio-temporal dynamics of monitoring-processess by means of high-density electrical mapping and source-analysis of electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings.
Keywords / Suchbegriffe	Conflict-Monitoring, Performance-Monitoring, Hallucinogens, EEG-ERP
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	Prof. F.X. Vollenweider (Project Leader) vollen@bli.uzh.ch.ch MS m. Kometer (Project Leader) michael.kometer@bli.uzh
Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch	Foundation
In collaboration with / In Zusammenarbeit mit	Dr. Olivia Carter, University of Melbourne Australia
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Oct 2008 to Dec 2012