The neural basis of psychedelic action

AC Kwan, DE Olson, KH Preller, BL Roth - Nature Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelics are serotonin 2A receptor agonists that can lead to profound changes in
perception, cognition and mood. In this review, we focus on the basic neurobiology …

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 …

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, S Haridas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
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] 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) …

The promises and perils of psychedelic pharmacology for psychiatry

TD McClure-Begley, BL Roth - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelic drugs including psilocybin, N, N ʹ-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD) are undergoing a renaissance as potentially useful drugs for various …

Standardizing workflows in imaging transcriptomics with the abagen toolbox

RD Markello, A Arnatkeviciute, JB Poline, BD Fulcher… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Gene expression fundamentally shapes the structural and functional architecture of the
human brain. Open-access transcriptomic datasets like the Allen Human Brain Atlas provide …

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 …

Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A state-of-the-art review

L Burback, S Brult-Phillips, MJ Nijdam… - Current …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
This narrative state-of-the-art review paper describes the progress in the understanding and
treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Over the last four decades, the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of a hallucinogen-activated Gq-coupled 5-HT2A serotonin receptor

K Kim, T Che, O Panova, JF DiBerto, J Lyu, BE Krumm… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Hallucinogens like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin, and substituted N-benzyl
phenylalkylamines are widely used recreationally with psilocybin being considered as a …