Clinical Research on Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in Psychiatry and Neuroscience [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsLysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is gaining renewed interest as a potential treatment for anxiety, depression, and alcohol use disorder, with clinical trials reporting significant symptom reductions and long-lasting effects.
Hossein Omidian, Alborz Omidian
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Molecules, 2020 The rapid dispersion of new psychoactive substances (NPS) presents challenges to customs services and analytical laboratories, which are involved in their detection and characterization.
Emmanouil Tsochatzis +5 more
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Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) promotes social behaviour through 5-HT2A and ampa in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder are mental illnesses characterized by a dysfunction in social behavior (SB); a phenomenon largely mediated by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Clinical studies have demonstrated that
A. Markopoulos +3 more
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Cytotoxic, genotoxic, and oxidative stress-related effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and phencyclidine (PCP) in the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line [PDF]
Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2021 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a classic hallucinogen, widely abused for decades, while phencyclidine (PCP) has increased in popularity in recent years, especially among the adolescents.
Jurič Andreja +8 more
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Characterizing non-hallucinogenic psychedelics beyond the head twitch response: phenotypic fingerprinting of lisuride and LSD [PDF]
Translational PsychiatryThe head-twitch response (HTR) is widely used as a preclinical assay for the hallucinogenic potential of compounds, with its utility based on 5HT2AR activation. Here, we examine how the polypharmacological agonists lisuride and lysergic acid diethylamide
Jillian L. King +6 more
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Psychedelics: A new era of treatment?
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Psychedelics - including LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), psilocybin, DMT (N, N-dimethyltryptamine), ayahuasca and mescaline - have an ancient history across various civilizations.
S. Torres
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Understanding the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide and the importance of its prevention
Health Sciences Review, 2023 This review is on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which has a halogenic effect and is addictive. Up to now, LSD has been used for pleasure-inducing or spiritual purposes. Since it is soluble in water, it can be administered in different forms.
Burak Okumuş +2 more
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Suicidal cut‐throat wound during LSD intoxication
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a potent hallucinogenic drug affecting the mood and perception of an individual. Although LSD‐induced self‐inflicted cut‐throat wounds and self‐harm injuries are extremely rarely reported behaviors, some reports are ...
Palash Kumar Bose +3 more
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Cell Reports, 2021 Summary: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) produces hallucinations, which are perceptions uncoupled from the external environment. How LSD alters neuronal activities in vivo that underlie abnormal perceptions is unknown.
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After more than sixty years we are still unclear whether LSD has a place in clinical psychiatry
Research in Psychotherapy, 2020 Dear Editor, The use of the psychedelic Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) has again provoked scientific debate over its efficacy and safety. In the 1950s-1960s LSD was used in psychotherapy for treating depression, anxiety related to terminal cancer ...
arthur saniotis
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