Dr. Connor Haggarty
@connorhaggarty.bsky.social
Postdoc in TNP2 lab at Wayne State University researching the role of the cannabinoid system in the treatment of PTSD.
Coms @Eurbehavpharm.bsky.social
Neuropsychopharmacologist:
| EEG | Sociability | Stress | Trauma | Cannabinoids | Psychedelics |
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Coms @Eurbehavpharm.bsky.social
Neuropsychopharmacologist:
| EEG | Sociability | Stress | Trauma | Cannabinoids | Psychedelics |
🇬🇧🏳️🌈
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Incredible week at #EBPS2025. Great location, great science, great food, and great friends. Can’t wait to do it again. Looking forward to our new leadership from @gavanm.bsky.social. Keep your eyes peeled for our new communications initiatives 😉
Fascinating study, you can also read my Research Highlight on this paper and connectome harmonics here pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40940590/
This recent study finds that DMT reshapes the 🧠’s connectome harmonic repertoire, mirroring effects of psilocybin, LSD & ketamine, with entropy and energy spectrum changes closely tracking the intensity of participants’ subjective experiences 🍄💊
N,N-dimethyltryptamine effects on connectome harmonics, subjective experience and comparative psychedelic experiences
Neuropsychopharmacology - N,N-dimethyltryptamine effects on connectome harmonics, subjective experience and comparative psychedelic experiences
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Fascinating study, you can also read my Research Highlight on this paper and connectome harmonics here pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40940590/
RPDR reference to keep the readers entertained 🤭
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a drag queen is standing in front of a pink brick wall wearing a black dress and sunglasses .
ALT: a drag queen is standing in front of a pink brick wall wearing a black dress and sunglasses .
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October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
RPDR reference to keep the readers entertained 🤭
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Arutiunian and colleagues found that youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder have altered EEG alpha-band activity(particularly in younger males), which is linked to poorer language skills, more autistic traits, and higher genetic burden from copy number variations.
Number of alpha peaks in the electroencephalogram is associated with clinical phenotype and copy number variation in youths with autism
EEG alpha-band neural activity has been previously reported to be altered in Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but no studies have been done addressing different parameters
of alpha-band activity, their...
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Arutiunian and colleagues found that youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder have altered EEG alpha-band activity(particularly in younger males), which is linked to poorer language skills, more autistic traits, and higher genetic burden from copy number variations.
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
It was a great day @westernu.ca, and such an honor to be selected by students for the Treva Glazebrook Lecture. Thank you, Kendra Loedige, for being a wonderful host. Great to see you and catch up, @drjkhokhar.bsky.social - thanks for teaching me about academia in Canada. 🤩🇨🇦
So great to have @flagel-lab.bsky.social give the 2025 Treva Glazebrook Lecture @westernu.ca today! A master-class in the neurobiology of inhibitory control! The lecture is voted on and hosted by neuroscience trainees and they picked a good one! @westernuwin.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It was a great day @westernu.ca, and such an honor to be selected by students for the Treva Glazebrook Lecture. Thank you, Kendra Loedige, for being a wonderful host. Great to see you and catch up, @drjkhokhar.bsky.social - thanks for teaching me about academia in Canada. 🤩🇨🇦
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
💫Convergent evidence from 3 studies: amygdala-targeted neurofeedback produced large, dissociation-specific improvements in #PTSD - a step toward new treatments for #depersonalization and #derealization! tinyurl.com/bdsjnzrd
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
💫Convergent evidence from 3 studies: amygdala-targeted neurofeedback produced large, dissociation-specific improvements in #PTSD - a step toward new treatments for #depersonalization and #derealization! tinyurl.com/bdsjnzrd
You know finalising the grant is serious when I have the "piano chill" music playing
a man with a beard is surrounded by math equations
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October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You know finalising the grant is serious when I have the "piano chill" music playing
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Congrats to @pact-lab.bsky.social PhD student @anadeutsch.bsky.social on her 1st first-author paper from the lab! 🎉
She explored how MDMA & methamphetamine impact cortisol, endocannabinoids, & BDNF levels in healthy humans and how this relates to the subjective drug experience 💊👇
She explored how MDMA & methamphetamine impact cortisol, endocannabinoids, & BDNF levels in healthy humans and how this relates to the subjective drug experience 💊👇
The effect of methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on peripheral endocannabinoid concentrations: a study in healthy adults - Psychopharmacology
Rationale Stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine (MA) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) can impact neurobiological systems implicated in stress, reward processing, and drug use. Although recent preclinical evidence implicates the endocannabinoid (eCB) system in these processes, little is known about the acute effects of stimulants on eCB levels in humans. Objectives The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of acute administration of the prototypical psychostimulant MA and the psychostimulant-empathogen MDMA on circulating eCB levels in healthy adults. Methods Using a within-subject, double-blind design, this study assessed the acute effects of MA (20 mg), MDMA (100 mg), and placebo on plasma eCB levels in healthy human participants (N = 22) during three separate sessions. Blood samples assessing concentrations of the eCBs anandamide (AEA) and 2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) were collected between 150- and 180-minutes post-drug administration, and subjective measures of drug effects were collected at regular intervals. Results MA, but not MDMA, was associated with significantly lower 2-AG plasma concentrations compared to placebo. Neither drug impacted AEA concentrations. However, during the placebo condition, higher AEA concentrations were correlated with disliking the ‘drug effects’, suggesting a possible relationship between AEA levels and negative expectations of subjective drug effects. Conclusions These findings provide novel insights into how stimulant drugs act on the eCB system and may help to develop treatments for SUDs.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congrats to @pact-lab.bsky.social PhD student @anadeutsch.bsky.social on her 1st first-author paper from the lab! 🎉
She explored how MDMA & methamphetamine impact cortisol, endocannabinoids, & BDNF levels in healthy humans and how this relates to the subjective drug experience 💊👇
She explored how MDMA & methamphetamine impact cortisol, endocannabinoids, & BDNF levels in healthy humans and how this relates to the subjective drug experience 💊👇
Matt making October easy for us who watch a horror film a day through the month 😏
Its Halloween season 🎃 and since the world is hellfire, what better way to distract ourselves then with horror movies!
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
The 2020s have already proven to be one of the best eras for horror ever. To fill your October with some viewing ideas, this is my list of the top 30 horror movies of the 2020s.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Matt making October easy for us who watch a horror film a day through the month 😏
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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#ThisWeekInNPP
This ✨ Research Highlight ✨ from @connorhaggarty.bsky.social discusses a recent study (see 👇) showing that intravenous DMT shifts 🧠 dynamics measured by connectome harmonics, with effects that mirror LSD & psilocybin and contrast with unconscious states
This ✨ Research Highlight ✨ from @connorhaggarty.bsky.social discusses a recent study (see 👇) showing that intravenous DMT shifts 🧠 dynamics measured by connectome harmonics, with effects that mirror LSD & psilocybin and contrast with unconscious states
Connectome harmonics: a novel method exploring the psychedelic experience - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Connectome harmonics: a novel method exploring the psychedelic experience
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#ThisWeekInNPP
This ✨ Research Highlight ✨ from @connorhaggarty.bsky.social discusses a recent study (see 👇) showing that intravenous DMT shifts 🧠 dynamics measured by connectome harmonics, with effects that mirror LSD & psilocybin and contrast with unconscious states
This ✨ Research Highlight ✨ from @connorhaggarty.bsky.social discusses a recent study (see 👇) showing that intravenous DMT shifts 🧠 dynamics measured by connectome harmonics, with effects that mirror LSD & psilocybin and contrast with unconscious states
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
The Sosa Lab website is now live!
www.sosaneurolab.com
We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.
www.sosaneurolab.com
We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.
Sosa Lab
www.sosaneurolab.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Sosa Lab website is now live!
www.sosaneurolab.com
We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.
www.sosaneurolab.com
We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.
Incredible week at #EBPS2025. Great location, great science, great food, and great friends. Can’t wait to do it again. Looking forward to our new leadership from @gavanm.bsky.social. Keep your eyes peeled for our new communications initiatives 😉
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Incredible week at #EBPS2025. Great location, great science, great food, and great friends. Can’t wait to do it again. Looking forward to our new leadership from @gavanm.bsky.social. Keep your eyes peeled for our new communications initiatives 😉
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
🧠 Study published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research suggests THCV may improve sustained attention and is well tolerated in healthy adults.
Promising early evidence for therapeutic uses in attention disorders.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Promising early evidence for therapeutic uses in attention disorders.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
A Two-Phase, Dose-Ranging, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Safety and Preliminary Test of Acute Effects of Oral Δ8-Tetrahydrocannabivarin in Healthy Participants | Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Introduction: Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) is an understudied cannabinoid that appears to have effects that vary as a function of dose. No human study has evaluated the safety and nature of effects…
www.liebertpub.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🧠 Study published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research suggests THCV may improve sustained attention and is well tolerated in healthy adults.
Promising early evidence for therapeutic uses in attention disorders.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Promising early evidence for therapeutic uses in attention disorders.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
Super excited to be elected as a new Full Committee member of @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social happy to be part of the society and looking forward to contribute to it within the next few years! 🤩
September 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Super excited to be elected as a new Full Committee member of @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social happy to be part of the society and looking forward to contribute to it within the next few years! 🤩
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
What a perfect ending of #EBPS2025 super proud that I was the chair of this wonderful panel presenting their beautiful work on acute and chronic #cannabis effects. Excellent work @connorhaggarty.bsky.social @zivacooper.bsky.social Amir Englund & Lukas Eggeneberger 🤩
September 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What a perfect ending of #EBPS2025 super proud that I was the chair of this wonderful panel presenting their beautiful work on acute and chronic #cannabis effects. Excellent work @connorhaggarty.bsky.social @zivacooper.bsky.social Amir Englund & Lukas Eggeneberger 🤩
Had the immense pleasure of presenting our recent PE+THC clinical trial data today at #EBPS2025. Thanks to @krollsara.bsky.social for the invite. I was in good company with Lukas Eggenberger, @zivacooper.bsky.social and Amir Englund
September 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Had the immense pleasure of presenting our recent PE+THC clinical trial data today at #EBPS2025. Thanks to @krollsara.bsky.social for the invite. I was in good company with Lukas Eggenberger, @zivacooper.bsky.social and Amir Englund
How to summarize the incredible amount of knowledge @jfcryan.bsky.social has produced in a 45minute talk. Incredible keynote this morning! #EBPS2025
September 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How to summarize the incredible amount of knowledge @jfcryan.bsky.social has produced in a 45minute talk. Incredible keynote this morning! #EBPS2025
Nice mid thought capture as I consider how Imposter Syndrome has affected me and the skills to combat it
Round table discussion on imposter syndrome lead by
@connorhaggarty.bsky.social at EBPS2025
@connorhaggarty.bsky.social at EBPS2025
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nice mid thought capture as I consider how Imposter Syndrome has affected me and the skills to combat it
Another great psychedelics panel (I know what I like), chaired by @anadeutsch.bsky.social with presentations by her on data @hannamolla.bsky.social and I collected with Dr de Wit, Dr. Gibson Cook and Dr Helena Aicher #EBPS2025
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Another great psychedelics panel (I know what I like), chaired by @anadeutsch.bsky.social with presentations by her on data @hannamolla.bsky.social and I collected with Dr de Wit, Dr. Gibson Cook and Dr Helena Aicher #EBPS2025
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@sirileknes.bsky.social opening our #ebps2025 session on dense sampling studies in pain and interoception. Come to sala2 to catch it now!
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@sirileknes.bsky.social opening our #ebps2025 session on dense sampling studies in pain and interoception. Come to sala2 to catch it now!
I had the pleasure of attending a psychedelics masterclass this afternoon chaired by Harriet de Wit with talks from Kathryn Cunningham, Chuck Nichols, @drfriid.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social. From molecules to behaviour and practical steps in trial design #EBPS2025
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I had the pleasure of attending a psychedelics masterclass this afternoon chaired by Harriet de Wit with talks from Kathryn Cunningham, Chuck Nichols, @drfriid.bsky.social & @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social. From molecules to behaviour and practical steps in trial design #EBPS2025
Reposted by Dr. Connor Haggarty
Registration booth is open! Get there early to avoid lines and get your awesome swag! ##EBPS2025 @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Registration booth is open! Get there early to avoid lines and get your awesome swag! ##EBPS2025 @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social