Psychedelics and the Brain
This neurotransmitter receptor is the primary target of "classic" psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin
What is 5-HT2A?
This Swiss chemist discovered LSD's effects in 1943.
Who is Albert Hofmann?
This cactus is used in Native American spiritual ceremonies.
What is Peyote?
This "psychedelic" is FDA-approved to treat treatment-resistant depression?
What is ketamine?
This counterculture figure popularized the phrase, 'Turn on, tune in, drop out.'
Who is Timothy Leary?
This brain network, associated with self-referential thinking, is disrupted during psychedelic experiences.
What is the Default Mode Network?
This project involved the CIA experimenting with LSD on unsuspecting individuals.
What is MK-ULTRA?
The Bwiti religion uses the iboga root in rituals primarily in which Central African country?
What is Gabon?
MDMA is currently being studied primarily to treat this disorder.
What is PTSD?
This Beatles album was influenced by their experiences with LSD.
What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Studies show that psychedelics increase this property of brain activity, associated with enhanced connectivity.
What is entropy?
The indigenous plant brew Ayahuasca, used ceremonially in South America, contains DMT and what other compound allowing it to be orally active?
This term means 'generating the divine within,' often describing sacred plant use.
This term describes a carefully controlled environment for administering psychedelics in therapy.
What is 'set and setting?'
The film The Sunshine Makers tells the story of two underground chemists responsible for manufacturing this variety of LSD.
What is 'Orange Sunshine?'
This term describes the brain's ability to form new connections, which is promoted by psychedelics.
What is neuroplasticity?
The 1957 magazine article, titled "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" by R. Gordon Wasson, which introduced psilocybin mushrooms to Western audiences, was published in which magazine?
What is Life magazine?
This psychedelic has become the most recent psychedelic to be incorporated into indigenous spiritual practice by the Seri people of northern Mexico.
What is 5-MeO-DMT?
In this year the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies war formed to pursue FDA approval of MDMA.
What is 1986?
This surrealist artist's paintings are often compared to psychedelic experiences.
Who is Salvador Dalí?
This hallucinogen uniquely affects kappa-opioid receptors rather than serotonin receptors.
What is Salvia?
This 1971 UN treaty required countries to outlaw non-medical use of psychedelics.
What is Convention on Psychotropic Substances?
This Amazonian tribe is known for its intricate Icaros (sacred songs) sung during Ayahuasca ceremonies.
Who are the Shipibo-Conibo?
This experience has been shown to be responsible for long term positive benefit for participants in psilocybin experiments.
What is the Mystical Experience?
This 1968 film's 'Stargate' sequence mimics psychedelic visuals.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?