Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) alters the activity in brain regions involved in establishing one's sense of self and in differentiating between oneself and someone else during social interactions, ...

Accidentally discovered by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1943, who, after ingesting it, experienced the world’s first acid trip as he cycled home, LSD has garnered a lot of scientific interest in ...

Researchers at the Imperial College of London have for the first time mapped the effects of LSD on the brain using fMRI and other scans while patients were under the influence of the drug. The images ...

Just weeks after a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found psilocybin microdosing to be no different to placebo, another study has been published that found LSD microdoses have no effect on mood ...

The effect of "LSD" which is one of hallucinogenic drugs, like symptoms of schizophrenia, is that "self-consciousness collapses and the boundary between myself and others becomes ambiguous". If it is ...

A Phase II clinical trial investigating the efficacy of the psychedelic compound lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in combination with psychotherapy for the treatment of anxiety has reported positive ...

Proponents of LSD “microdosing” -- taking small amounts of the drug at regular intervals -- claim it can improve mood and cognitive function. But new research by the University of Chicago has not ...

Antiretroviral drugs are vital for those trying to keep HIV and AIDS at bay, but the psychedelic side effects of one common drug might take some users by surprise. Efavirenz, a drug that is usually ...

Researchers are pouring water on the belief that microdosing LSD actually does anything (at least, anything positive) for those who do it. Up until now conducting clinical trials was difficult because ...

Unlike LSD, the two novel compounds produced low levels of head twitches and did not result in excessive locomotion. These compounds also did not have rewarding properties commonly associated with ...

Testing was conducted in eight startle devices (SRLAB, San Diego Instruments, San Diego, California, USA) each consisting of a Plexiglas cylinder (8.8 cm diameter) mounted on a Plexiglas platform in a ...