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Robin L. Carhart-Harris is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on psychology and neuroscience. Within these, they have a significant body of work in subfields such as clinical psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, organic chemistry, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including psychedelics and drug studies, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, mental health research topics, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, functional brain connectivity studies, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Some of the more notable recent papers include:

  • Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Increased global integration in the brain after psilocybin therapy for depression, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Psychedelic Psychiatry's Brave New World, 2020, Cell
  • Dynamic coupling of whole-brain neuronal and neurotransmitter systems, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their work include Leor Roseman, David Erritzøe, David Nutt, Christopher Timmermann, and Fernando E. Rosas, with collaboration counts ranging from 30 to 51 joint publications.

Robin L. Carhart-Harris has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychiatry, NeuroImage, and arXiv (Cornell University), reflecting a broad engagement with both preprint and peer-reviewed platforms.

Best Publications

  • Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Mark Bolstridge;James Rucker;Camilla M. J. Day

  • The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs

    Robin Lester Carhart-Harris;Robert Leech;Peter John Hellyer;Murray Shanahan

  • Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;David Erritzoe;Tim Williams;James M. Stone

  • Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression.

    Robin Carhart-Harris;Bruna Giribaldi;Rosalind Watts;Michelle Baker-Jones

  • REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics.

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;K. J. Friston

  • Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up.

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;M. Bolstridge;M. Bolstridge;C.M.J. Day;C.M.J. Day;J. Rucker;J. Rucker

  • Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen

  • Quality of Acute Psychedelic Experience Predicts Therapeutic Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Leor Roseman;David J. Nutt;Robin L. Carhart-Harris

  • Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors

    RL Carhart-Harris;DJ Nutt

  • The default-mode, ego-functions and free-energy: a neurobiological account of Freudian ideas

    R L Carhart-Harris;Karl Friston

  • Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks

    Giovanni Petri;Paul Expert;Federico Turkheimer;Robin L Carhart-Harris

  • The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: Past, Present, and Future

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Guy M Goodwin

  • Psychedelics and the essential importance of context.

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Leor Roseman;Eline Haijen;David Erritzoe

  • Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Leor Roseman;Mark Bolstridge;Lysia Demetriou;Lysia Demetriou

  • Patients’ Accounts of Increased “Connectedness” and “Acceptance” After Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression:

    Rosalind Watts;Camilla Day;Jacob Krzanowski;David Nutt

  • Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Enzo Tagliazucchi;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen;Csaba Orban

  • Increased global integration in the brain after psilocybin therapy for depression

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  • Broadband Cortical Desynchronization Underlies the Human Psychedelic State

    Suresh D Muthukumaraswamy;Robin L Carhart-Harris;Rosalyn J Moran;Matthew J Brookes

  • The entropic brain - revisited.

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris

  • Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI).

    Matthew M. Nour;Matthew M. Nour;Lisa Evans;David Nutt;Robin L. Carhart-Harris

  • Enhanced repertoire of brain dynamical states during the psychedelic experience

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Robin Carhart-Harris;Robert Leech;David Nutt

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Stone
James M. Stone Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Celia J. A. Morgan
Celia J. A. Morgan University of Exeter
Marcus R. Munafò
Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath
Frank Larøi
Frank Larøi University of Oslo
H. Valerie Curran
H. Valerie Curran University College London
Renaud Jardri
Renaud Jardri University of Lille
Devin Blair Terhune
Devin Blair Terhune Goldsmiths University of London
Geoffrey M. Maruyama
Geoffrey M. Maruyama University of Minnesota
Tom P. Freeman
Tom P. Freeman University of Bath
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg

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