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 …

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 …

Increased global integration in the brain after psilocybin therapy for depression

RE Daws, C Timmermann, B Giribaldi, JD Sexton… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Psilocybin therapy shows antidepressant potential, but its therapeutic actions are not well
understood. We assessed the subacute impact of psilocybin on brain function in two clinical …

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 …

Psilocybin therapy increases cognitive and neural flexibility in patients with major depressive disorder

MK Doss, M Považan, MD Rosenberg… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Psilocybin has shown promise for the treatment of mood disorders, which are often
accompanied by cognitive dysfunction including cognitive rigidity. Recent studies have …

[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) …

[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 - ASPET
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 …

[图书][B] Entangled life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures

M Sheldrake - 2021 - books.google.com
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “brilliant [and] entrancing”(The Guardian) journey into
the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and …

Psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

CM Reiff, EE Richman, CB Nemeroff… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors provide an evidenced-based summary of the literature on the clinical
application of psychedelic drugs in psychiatric disorders. Methods: Searches of PubMed and …

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 …