For the first time, scientists have captured images of how LSD affects the human brain and how this drug changes its activity.
Researchers at Imperial College London (Great Britain) gave 20 healthy volunteers (who had previously used psychedelic drugs) either LSD or a placebo. The researchers then used the techniques of scanning the brain to see how the drug alters its functions.
See eyes closed
The results, published in the journal Proceedings of the national academy of sciences show that the drug decompartmentalizes the entire brain, mixing up senses like sight and hearing, and making it function like a baby’s, i.e. “freely and without constraint” as explained by Dr Robin Cahart-Harris who led this study. The volunteers explained “see eyes closed“It is this way the brain works that would explain the visual hallucinations often associated with the use of LSD.
The researchers said these findings represent a “Significant advance in scientific research on psychedelic drugs leading to growing interest in their therapeutic value.”
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