by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
In total, 1116 of the respondents were either currently microdosing (79.5%) or microdosed in the past (20.5%). LSD (10 mcg) and psilocybin (0.5 g) were the most commonly used psychedelics with a microdosing frequency between two-to-four times a week. The majority of...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
The model identified the causative mechanisms for the non-linear interactions between the neuronal and neurotransmitter system, which are uniquely linked to (1) the underlying anatomical connectivity, (2) the modulation by the specific brain wide distribution of...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
343 respondents, mostly White (89%), males (78%), in the USA (60%) completed the survey. Participants reported seven years of problematic alcohol use on average before the psychedelic experience to which they attributed reduced alcohol consumption, with 72% meeting...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
A wide-range of benefits was reported, including: help with mood disorders, addictions and migraine as well as more general long-term improvements in wellbeing. Symptoms of hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder were reported by a number of subjects and these...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
We found that LSD alters the energy and the power of individual harmonic brain states in a frequency-selective manner. Remarkably, this leads to an expansion of the repertoire of active brain states, suggestive of a general re-organization of brain dynamics given the...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 17, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
High-level association cortices (partially overlapping with the default-mode, salience, and frontoparietal attention networks) and the thalamus showed increased global connectivity under the drug. The cortical areas showing increased global connectivity overlapped...
