A growing body of neuroimaging research is pinpointing exactly how psychedelic drugs hijack the brain’s visual system to ...

A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to “see” images from memory rather than what’s actually in front of it. Long before modern laboratory testing, indigenous cultures ...

Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something called neuroplasticity, which helps the brain heal from mental illness. But ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Researchers have developed a groundbreaking version of LSD that retains the drug's brain-healing benefits without the mind-altering effects. The team at the University of California, ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...

Source: By IndependentOo, Dominik from Germany, Maximilian IV, Laitche, NASA; composite artwork by Belbury - CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Working in his lab at the pharmaceutical company Sandoz in 1938, ...

A year after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened the door to clinical use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), US-based MindMed has launched phase 3 trials in the United States and Europe ...