Mapping brain states as a function of brain chemistry

[Zeuzzz]

It seems to me that there is an explanatory gap in the mechanical/chemical models of how the brain works and how it produces subjective states of feeling, emotion and consciousness.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find the most up to date publications where people have mapped brain states as a function of brain chemistry? I'm thinking along the lines of a model that can explain all types of psychoactive drugs for example, and what the cartography between certain brain receptors activity and what peoples brain states and feelings are.

[Skwinty]

Try googling this doctor. She was on the Oprah show and seemed to have lots of data on this subject.

Dr. Anna Rose Childress, a professor who specializes in brain behavior at the Pennsylvania VA Addiction Treatment Research Center, has been using the latest scientific technology to study addicts' brains and determine what happens when a person is struggling with substance abuse.

To see what's going on inside the brain, Dr. Childress takes pictures of an addict's brain reacting to images both related and unrelated to drug use. Then, the researchers compare the way the brain reacts to each cue to determine the areas that are affected.

[godless dave]

It seems to me that there is an explanatory gap in the mechanical/chemical models of how the brain works and how it produces subjective states of feeling, emotion and consciousness.

There's a hell of a lot more than one gap. This science is still in its very early stages. We have a lot left to learn.

[Dymanic]

It seems to me that there is an explanatory gap in the mechanical/chemical models of how the brain works and how it produces subjective states of feeling, emotion and consciousness.

Heh. Ya think?

[Zeuzzz]

I just suddenly remembered where I became aware of this explanatory gap and why I was thinking about it the other day, it was something that psychopharmacologist dave nichols said in a clip I saw ages ago in an advert for the upcoming documentary about the endogenous potent hallucinogen DMT, and other psychedelics. In fact, the OP is pretty much what he said.

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Looks like his work might be a good place to start, hopefully theres been recent progress. Would love a neurochemical explanation for my Shulgin ++++ level breakthrough DMT experience... also would love an alternative to ponder over. The real question for experiences like this is can they be explained by biochemical processes, or is the brain responding biochemically to something else that is going on. Will post any relevant links as I sift through them in the next few days.