Psychedelic drugs: neurobiology and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders

FX Vollenweider, KH Preller - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Renewed interest in the use of psychedelics in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
warrants a better understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological, neural, and psychological mechanisms underlying psychedelics: A critical review

M van Elk, DB Yaden - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides a critical review of several possible mechanisms at different levels of
analysis underlying the effects and therapeutic potential of psychedelics. At the (1) …

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

JS Siegel, S Subramanian, D Perry, BP Kay… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A single dose of psilocybin, a psychedelic that acutely causes distortions of space–time
perception and ego dissolution, produces rapid and persistent therapeutic effects in human …

Human brain effects of DMT assessed via EEG-fMRI

C Timmermann, L Roseman… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Psychedelics have attracted medical interest, but their effects on human brain function are
incompletely understood. In a comprehensive, within-subjects, placebo-controlled design …

[HTML][HTML] Linking structure and function in macroscale brain networks

LE Suárez, RD Markello, RF Betzel, B Misic - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Structure–function relationships are a fundamental principle of many naturally occurring
systems. However, network neuroscience research suggests that there is an imperfect link …

REBUS and the anarchic brain: toward a unified model of the brain action of psychedelics

RL Carhart-Harris, KJ Friston, EL Barker - Pharmacological reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper formulates the action of psychedelics by integrating the free-energy principle and
entropic brain hypothesis. We call this formulation relaxed beliefs under psychedelics …

Therapeutic effects of classic serotonergic psychedelics: A systematic review of modern‐era clinical studies

KAA Andersen, R Carhart‐Harris… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To conduct a systematic review of modern‐era (post‐millennium) clinical studies
assessing the therapeutic effects of serotonergic psychedelics drugs for mental health …

Default mode network modulation by psychedelics: a systematic review

JJ Gattuso, D Perkins, S Ruffell… - International Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Psychedelics are a unique class of drug that commonly produce vivid hallucinations as well
as profound psychological and mystical experiences. A grou** of interconnected brain …

[HTML][HTML] Canalization and plasticity in psychopathology

RL Carhart-Harris, S Chandaria, DE Erritzoe… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
This theoretical article revives a classical bridging construct, canalization, to describe a new
model of a general factor of psychopathology. To achieve this, we have distinguished …

Models of psychedelic drug action: modulation of cortical-subcortical circuits

MK Doss, MB Madden, A Gaddis, MB Nebel… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Classic psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have
recaptured the imagination of both science and popular culture, and may have efficacy in …