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Nate Heller
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Postdoc @ Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research. Studying visual perception, distortions and hallucinations, and visual plasticity.
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · 2d
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!

We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.

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Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases
AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks! About more dissimilarities than similarities, our point is that, to investigate *specific* shared mechanisms, it is more fruitful to focus on specific phenomena where shared phenomenology is clearest. (e.g., visual distortions):
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Visual illusions in Parkinson's disease: an interview survey of symptomatology
Background Several types of visual illusions can occur in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the prevalence and types of specific illusions experienced by patients with PD remain unclear. This study...
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · 2d
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!

We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.

academic.oup.com/schizophreni...

Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases
AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit
academic.oup.com
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Aug 26
🚨 Limited spots!

👉 🌈🧠 SfN Psychedelic Research Event 🌈🧠

Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.

Register + speaker profiles: 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025

Posters, 🎤 panels, 🔑 keynotes,🍸 cocktails + 🥟 bites.
#psychedelicresearch
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
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Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social · Jul 17
🌈🧠 The Trip Between Bedside and Bench 🌈🧠
Join us at #SfN2025 for a deep dive into cross-species research in psychedelic neuroscience!

🧬 Posters, 🎤 panels, 🔑 keynotes, 🍸 cocktails, and 🥟 tasty apps await.

RSVP, explore speaker profiles, and help spread the word:
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