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

RL Carhart-Harris, KJ Friston - 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 …

Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function

MW Johnson, PS Hendricks, FS Barrett… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative review and offer novel insights
regarding human research with classic psychedelics (classic hallucinogens), which are …

Psychedelics and the essential importance of context

RL Carhart-Harris, L Roseman… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Psychedelic drugs are making waves as modern trials support their therapeutic potential
and various media continue to pique public interest. In this opinion piece, we draw attention …

Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors

RL Carhart-Harris, DJ Nutt - Journal of psychopharmacology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous attempts to identify a unified theory of brain serotonin function have largely failed to
achieve consensus. In this present synthesis, we integrate previous perspectives with new …

Long-term effects of psychedelic drugs: A systematic review

JS Aday, CM Mitzkovitz, EK Bloesch, CC Davoli… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Research into the basic effects and therapeutic applications of psychedelic drugs has grown
considerably in recent years. Yet, pressing questions remain regarding the substances' …

Predicting responses to psychedelics: a prospective study

ECHM Haijen, M Kaelen, L Roseman… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Responses to psychedelics are notoriously difficult to predict, yet significant work is currently
underway to assess their therapeutic potential and the level of interest in psychedelics …

Emotions and brain function are altered up to one month after a single high dose of psilocybin

FS Barrett, MK Doss, ND Sepeda, JJ Pekar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Psilocybin is a classic psychedelic compound that may have efficacy for the treatment of
mood and substance use disorders. Acute psilocybin effects include reduced negative …

The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and disease

R Leech, DJ Sharp - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The posterior cingulate cortex is a highly connected and metabolically active brain region.
Recent studies suggest it has an important cognitive role, although there is no consensus …