LSD Increases Primary Process Thinking via Serotonin 2A Receptor Activation

LSD Increases Primary Process Thinking via Serotonin 2A Receptor Activation

Rationale: Stimulation of serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptors by lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and related compounds such as psilocybin has previously been shown to increase primary process thinking – an ontologically and evolutionary early, implicit, associative, and automatic mode of thinking which...

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Main Authors: Rainer Kraehenmann, Dan Pokorny, Helena Aicher, Katrin H. Preller, Thomas Pokorny, Oliver G. Bosch, Erich Seifritz, Franz X. Vollenweider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
LSD
ketanserin
5-HT2A receptor
mental imagery
primary and secondary process thinking
primary emotions
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2017.00814/full

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