12 Apr BRAIN ON LSD REVEALED | SCIENCEDAILY
A team of researchers at Imperial College London produced the first images of the human brain under the influence of LSD. According to ScienceDaily, 20 healthy volunteers received 75 micrograms of LSD. The research team, led by Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, used advanced imaging technology to study how the psychedelic substance acts in the brain. Carhart-Harris says the study advances our understanding of the complex visual and psychological effects of psychedelics.
“Professor David Nutt, the senior researcher on the study and Edmond J Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial, said: ‘Scientists have waited 50 years for this moment — the revealing of how LSD alters our brain biology. For the first time we can really see what’s happening in the brain during the psychedelic state, and can better understand why LSD had such a profound impact on self-awareness in users and on music and art. This could have great implications for psychiatry, and helping patients overcome conditions such as depression.’”