Can psychedelics restore consciousness after brain trauma?
Researchers explore the potential of psychedelic therapies for people in minimally conscious states.
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Psychedelics and the Brain-New Research
Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain.
Recent research shows that in adult mice, psychedelic drugs including LSD, ketamine and psilocybin have been shown to reopen the brain to a critical window for social learning usually only seen in adolescents.
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LSD induces both an “afterglow” for memory performance and a cognitive “hangover,” study finds.
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LSD and Brain Plasticity
Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity.
Read moreResearching Psychedelics- It's Complicated
Researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and McGill University published a paper in the journal Science Advances proposing a unique method for better understanding the interaction between hallucinogenic drugs, people’s brains, and different types of psychedelic experiences.
They did this by using artificial intelligence to look at real-life accounts of psychedelic experiences and compare them to how human brain chemistry engages with drugs on a molecular level.
However, while the researchers’ methods and goals push the envelope forward on understanding how psychedelics can help or harm individuals, the data they use could be unreliable.
Read moreDo Memories Cause Disease?
The brain appears to remember immune responses, and memories can trigger them to happen again.
This might explain some psychosomatic illnesses.
Ketamine and Your Brain
What does ketamine do to your brain?
Much of how ketamine works is a mystery, but the picture is slowly coming into focus.
Read morePsilocybin Latest Research
Yale scientists have found that a single dose of psilocybin given to mice induces a rapid and long-lasting increase in connections between pyramidal neurons in the medial frontal cortex, an area of the brain known to be involved in control and decision-making.
Read moreAyahuasca and Neuroplasticity
New research shows that ayahuasca, a psychedelic beverage, modulates neuroplasticity induced by ethanol in mice.
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