LSD increased blood flow in the brain while psilocybin showed the opposite pattern in a small imaging study. The finding ...

LSD speeds up the brain’s alpha and beta rhythms by about 2 and 5 hertz, respectively, while genuinely weakening them, ...

Psychedelics are a class of compounds that alter people's perceptions, mood and mental processes. Recent clinical studies suggest that some of these compounds, such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ...

In recent years, psychedelic drugs have attracted growing interest as potential treatments for conditions including depression, anxiety and addiction. Although these drugs are often considered one ...

Microdosing LSD can improve your brain function – if you’re a woman - Landmark trial reveals low-dose psychedelics improve ...

LSD was a relative latecomer to long-established traditions of humans consuming hallucinogenic substances. But in a ...

First synthesized in a laboratory in 1938 by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, lysergic acid diethylamide, better known by its acronym LSD, is one of the most potent and most extensively studied ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has joined a growing list of potent serotonergic system psychedelics that have emerged as promising treatments for some psychiatric disorders, including major ...