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 …

Opposite effects of dopamine and serotonin on resting-state networks: review and implications for psychiatric disorders

B Conio, M Martino, P Magioncalda, A Escelsior… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Alterations in brain intrinsic activity—as organized in resting-state networks (RSNs) such as
sensorimotor network (SMN), salience network (SN), and default-mode network (DMN) …

Changes in global and thalamic brain connectivity in LSD-induced altered states of consciousness are attributable to the 5-HT2A receptor

KH Preller, JB Burt, JL Ji, CH Schleifer, BD Adkinson… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Background: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has agonist activity at various serotonin (5-
HT) and dopamine receptors. Despite the therapeutic and scientific interest in LSD, specific …

Increased global functional connectivity correlates with LSD-induced ego dissolution

E Tagliazucchi, L Roseman, M Kaelen, C Orban… - Current biology, 2016 - cell.com
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a non-selective serotonin-receptor agonist that was first
synthesized in 1938 and identified as (potently) psychoactive in 1943. Psychedelics have …

[HTML][HTML] The fabric of meaning and subjective effects in LSD-induced states depend on serotonin 2A receptor activation

KH Preller, M Herdener, T Pokorny, A Planzer… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
A core aspect of the human self is the attribution of personal relevance to everyday stimuli
enabling us to experience our environment as meaningful [1]. However, abnormalities in the …

Relationship between nuclei-specific amygdala connectivity and mental health dimensions in humans

MC Klein-Flügge, DEA Jensen, Y Takagi… - Nature human …, 2022 - nature.com
There has been increasing interest in using neuroimaging measures to predict psychiatric
disorders. However, predictions usually rely on large brain networks and large disorder …

[HTML][HTML] More than meets the eye: The role of sensory dimensions in psychedelic brain dynamics, experience, and therapeutics

M Aqil, L Roseman - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Psychedelics are undergoing a major resurgence of scientific and clinical interest. While
multiple theories and frameworks have been proposed, there is yet no universal agreement …

Neural mechanisms and psychology of psychedelic ego dissolution

D Stoliker, GF Egan, KJ Friston, A Razi - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 - ASPET
Neuroimaging studies of psychedelics have advanced our understanding of hierarchical
brain organization and the mechanisms underlying their subjective and therapeutic effects …

Psilocybin and MDMA for the treatment of trauma-related psychopathology

CIV Bird, NL Modlin, JJH Rucker - International Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the role of trauma in psychiatric morbidity and analogous
psychoneurobiological changes. Trauma is a necessary criterion for Post-Traumatic Stress …

Meta-analysis of molecular imaging of serotonin transporters in major depression

G Gryglewski, R Lanzenberger… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The success of serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors has lent support to the monoamine
theory of major depressive disorder (MDD). This issue has been addressed in a number of …