Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 1986 Feb;24(2):381-92
Schlemmer RF Jr, Davis JM
An animal model for studying the actions of hallucinogenic drugs using primate social colonies is presented. Although hallucinogens induce a number of behavioral changes in this paradigm, one emergent...
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Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 1984 Oct;172(10):577-95
Strassman R
The use of naturally occurring and synthetically derived compounds for their "psychedelic" effects has been a part of human culture for thousands of years. The basic pharmacology of the major synthetic psychedelic...
West WB, Lou A, Pechersky K, Chachich ME, Appel JB
Drugs such as PCP and MK-801 can cause psychotic reactions in humans by antagonizing NMDA receptors. This action is ultimately toxic to certain cortical neurons and may be one mechanism...
After a hiatus of nearly 40 years, psychedelic drugs (or hallucinogens) are being increasingly researched as possible adjuncts fortreatment resitant anxiety disorders and addictions. This research offers an exciting future for this class of...
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Book Review by David Luckoff
Book published by The State University of New York Press
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International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 18 (2007) 240
Joseph Gelfer
Discussion Thread
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British Journal of Psychiatry 2005 Jun;186:457-8
Sessa, B
What is less well known about psychedelics is the role they played in psychiatry for a brief historical interval. This article offers a short overview of this period and questions whether interest in these compounds might be emerging...
Animals trained to discriminate classical hallucinogens from saline have been used in the past decade to examine other hallucinogenic agents. Time course (onset, duration of action) and locus of action have been studied, SARs have been...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 1999 Feb 1;53(3):247-56
Halpern JH, Pope HG Jr.
We collected and reviewed studies in which neuropsychological tests were administered to users of LSD or other hallucinogens. Interpretation of the studies is limited by various confounding variables, such as...
Danuta Marona-Lewicka & Benjamin R. Chemel &
David E. Nichols
Rationale: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) differs from other types of hallucinogens in that it possesses direct dopaminergic effects. The exact nature of this component has not...
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Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Barry H 3rd, Appel JB.
RATIONALE: One important technique in behavioral pharmacology is to train laboratory animals to discriminate between a psychoactive drug effect and a nondrug condition. Tests with different drugs have...
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 1980 Jan;12(1):99-105
Fairchild MD, Jenden DJ, Mickey MR, Yale C.
Three hallucinogens (d-lysergicacid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, psilocybin) and two cannabinoid derivatives (tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), synhexyl) were tested for their long-term...
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 1986 Feb;24(2):359-63
McCall RB
Studies indicate that hallucinogens markedly suppress the discharge of serotonin containing neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus. Forebrain neurons receiving a major serotonergic input are relatively insensitive to...
The 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C antagonists MDL 100,907 and SER-082 were tested with the 5-HT2A/C agonist DOI and the 5-HT1A/2A/2C agonist LSD in the Behavioral Pattern Monitor, which provides multiple measures of...
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2006;15(3):116-30
Stone AL, Storr CL, Anthony JC.
This study uses latent class methods and multiple regression to shed light on hypothesized hallucinogen dependence syndromes experienced by young people who have recently initiated...
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Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 2002;39(2):92-9
Lerner AG, Gelkopf M, Skladman I, Oyffe I, Finkel B, Sigal M, Weizman A.
One unique characteristic of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and LSD-like substances is the recurrence of some of the symptoms which appeared during...
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Ichthyoallyeinotoxism is a rare kind of food poisoning contracted following the ingestion of fish. The responsible toxins are unknown, and the clinical feature is characterized by the development of CNS disturbances,...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2003 Mar 1;69(2):109-19
Halpern JH, Pope HG Jr.
'Flashbacks' following use of hallucinogenic drugs have been reported for decades; they are recognized in DSM-IV as 'Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (Flashbacks)', or HPPD. We located and analyzed 20...
Sadzot B, Baraban JM, Glennon RA, Lyon RA, Leonhardt S, Jan CR, Titeler M.
It has been shown that the hallucinogenic potencies of LSD, the phenylisopropylamines, such as DOB (4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine) and DOI...
Provides an overview of Psychedelic Psychotherapy within a standard Western paradigm, Shamanic rituals of healing and divination, syncretic folk religious ceremonies and hybrid shamanic therapeutic rituals
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 1995 Mar;183(3):127-38
Strassman RJ
Clinical research with hallucinogens has resumed after a generation's hiatus. To place these new studies in context, this article reviews the history of hallucinogens' use and abuse, discusses their pharmacological...
Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2004 Feb;101(2):131-81
Nichols DE
Hallucinogens (psychedelics) are psychoactive substances that powerfully alter perception, mood, and a host of cognitive processes. They are considered physiologically safe and do not produce dependence or addiction. Their...
Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2004 May;102(2):131-8
Halpern JH
This article reviews plants containing N,N-dimethyltryptamine, reversible type A monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI), lysergic acid amide, the anticholinergic drugs atropine and scopolamine, or the diterpene salvinorin-A (Salvia...
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J Psychoactive Drugs. 2002;34(3):239-48.
Dobkin de Rios M, Grob CS, Baker JR.
This article examines drug substitution with regard to hallucinogens (ayahuasca, ibogaine, peyote and LSD) set within the concept of redemption. The model examines both religious and secular approaches to the...
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Background Although man’s first encounters with hallucinogens predate written history, it was not until the rise of the sister disciplines of organic chemistry and pharmacology in the nineteenth century that scientific studies became...
American Journal of Psychiatry 2001 Mar;158(3):481-3
Halpern JH, Pope HG Jr.
OBJECTIVE: The illicit use of hallucinogens is reemerging in the United States, especially among well-educated adults and teenagers. These same groups are also frequent users of the Internet. The authors sought to...
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Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 1998 Oct-Dec;30(4):359-66
Delgado PL, Moreno FA.
The serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmitter system has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several neuropsychiatric disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Blockade of 5-HT reuptake appears to...
Research of hallucinogen abuse rarely extends beyond epidemiology and observed pathology. Even less research has been completed on the special circumstances surrounding the religious use of hallucinogens or on potential therapeutic...