Search Results - "Nutt, David J"
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Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression
Published in The New England journal of medicine (15-04-2021)“…In a randomized trial involving 59 selected patients with depression, the change in depression scale scores from baseline to week 6 did not differ…”
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Quality of Acute Psychedelic Experience Predicts Therapeutic Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (17-01-2018)“…It is a basic principle of the "psychedelic" treatment model that the quality of the acute experience mediates long-term improvements in mental health. In the…”
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Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (06-11-2010)“…Summary Background Proper assessment of the harms caused by the misuse of drugs can inform policy makers in health, policing, and social care. We aimed to…”
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Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution
Published in Current biology (25-04-2016)“…Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a non-selective serotonin-receptor agonist that was first synthesized in 1938 and identified as (potently) psychoactive in…”
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The dopamine theory of addiction: 40 years of highs and lows
Published in Nature reviews. Neuroscience (01-05-2015)“…In this Opinion article, Nutt and colleagues examine the history of and current evidence for the dopamine theory of addiction. They argue that dopamine's role…”
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Amphetamine, past and present – a pharmacological and clinical perspective
Published in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) (01-06-2013)“…Amphetamine was discovered over 100 years ago. Since then, it has transformed from a drug that was freely available without prescription as a panacea for a…”
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Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-04-2016)“…Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is the prototypical psychedelic drug, but its effects on the human brain have never been studied before with modern…”
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Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing
Published in eLife (02-03-2021)“…Microdosing is the practice of regularly using low doses of psychedelic drugs. Anecdotal reports suggest that microdosing enhances well-being and cognition;…”
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Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study
Published in The Lancet. Psychiatry (01-07-2016)“…Summary Background Psilocybin is a serotonin receptor agonist that occurs naturally in some mushroom species. Recent studies have assessed the therapeutic…”
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GABA system dysfunction in autism and related disorders: From synapse to symptoms
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-10-2012)“…Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental syndromes characterised by repetitive behaviours and restricted interests, impairments in social…”
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Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-02-2012)“…Psychedelic drugs have a long history of use in healing ceremonies, but despite renewed interest in their therapeutic potential, we continue to know very…”
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GABA-A receptor differences in schizophrenia: a positron emission tomography study using [11C]Ro154513
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-06-2021)“…A loss of GABA signaling is a prevailing hypothesis for the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Preclinical studies indicate that blockade of the α5 subtype of the…”
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Imidazoline-I2 PET Tracers in Neuroimaging
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-06-2023)“…Targeting neuroinflammation, and in particular, microglial activation and astrocytosis, is a current area of the focus of new treatment interventions for a…”
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Receptor-informed network control theory links LSD and psilocybin to a flattening of the brain’s control energy landscape
Published in Nature communications (03-10-2022)“…Psychedelics including lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin temporarily alter subjective experience through their neurochemical effects. Serotonin…”
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The role of the opioid system in alcohol dependence
Published in Journal of Psychopharmacology (01-01-2014)“…The role of the brain opioid system in alcohol dependence has been the subject of much research for over 25 years. This review explores the evidence: firstly…”
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Mechanisms of Action and Persistent Neuroplasticity by Drugs of Abuse
Published in Pharmacological reviews (01-10-2015)“…Adaptation of the nervous system to different chemical and physiologic conditions is important for the homeostasis of brain processes and for learning and…”
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The effects of psilocybin and MDMA on between-network resting state functional connectivity in healthy volunteers
Published in Frontiers in human neuroscience (27-05-2014)“…Perturbing a system and observing the consequences is a classic scientific strategy for understanding a phenomenon. Psychedelic drugs perturb consciousness in…”
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Effects of DMT on mental health outcomes in healthy volunteers
Published in Scientific reports (07-02-2024)“…Psilocybin, a serotonergic psychedelic, is being increasingly researched in clinical studies for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The relatively lengthy…”
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Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A revision of the 2005 guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
Published in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) (01-05-2014)“…This revision of the 2005 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines for the evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders provides…”
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Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Update on recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
Published in Journal of Psychopharmacology (01-03-2014)“…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common condition with a high societal burden. The present guidelines summarise current literature,…”
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