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 …

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 …

[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 …

Acute dose-dependent effects of lysergic acid diethylamide in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects

F Holze, P Vizeli, L Ley, F Müller, P Dolder… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Growing interest has been seen in using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in psychiatric
research and therapy. However, no modern studies have evaluated subjective and …

The entropic brain-revisited

RL Carhart-Harris - Neuropharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
The entropic brain hypothesis proposes that within upper and lower limits, after which
consciousness may be lost, the entropy of spontaneous brain activity indexes the …

Reviewing the potential of psychedelics for the treatment of PTSD

E Krediet, T Bostoen, J Breeksema… - International Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There are few medications with demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Treatment guidelines have unequivocally designated psychotherapy …

Therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs: navigating high hopes, strong claims, weak evidence, and big money

K Humphreys, P Todd Korthuis… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Therapeutic claims about many psychedelic drugs have not been evaluated in any studies
of even modest rigor. The science of psychedelic drugs is strengthening however, making it …

[HTML][HTML] Psilocybin acutely alters the functional connectivity of the claustrum with brain networks that support perception, memory, and attention

FS Barrett, SR Krimmel, RR Griffiths, DA Seminowicz… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Psychedelic drugs, including the serotonin 2a (5-HT 2A) receptor partial agonist psilocybin,
are receiving renewed attention for their possible efficacy in treating a variety of …

Unifying theories of psychedelic drug effects

LR Swanson - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
How do psychedelic drugs produce their characteristic range of acute effects in perception,
emotion, cognition, and sense of self? How do these effects relate to the clinical efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Psychedelic resting-state neuroimaging: A review and perspective on balancing replication and novel analyses

E Drummond, W McCulloch, GM Knudsen… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clinical research into serotonergic psychedelics is expanding rapidly, showing promising
efficacy across myriad disorders. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs …