Michael Schwartz

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How many serotonergic neurons are there in the human brain? In how many locations/subsystems?

By way of comparison, there are an estimated 22000 - 51000 noradrenergic neurons in the human brain - all in the locus coeruleus. How many serotonergic neurons are there in the human brain? How...

30 November 2015 9,346 6 View

Are dreams, phenomenologically "altered states of consciousness," helpful for clinical neuroscience and "the new psychiatry"? If so, how?

Medard Boss has perhaps as well as anyone else described dreaming phenomenologically as an altered state of consciousness. What, if anything, can dreams tell us about other states of...

17 September 2012 6,417 14 View

What criteria, if any, clarify the difference between auditory hallucinations in persons with schizophrenia and others?

Do research instruments validate a difference? If there is a continuum, are there "stages" along the way? Are there forms of "talk-therapy," mindfulness, etc,...

14 August 2012 3,183 25 View