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Alex N. Rains

2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2024-2026

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Novel pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder and opioid withdrawal

Frontiers in Psychiatry September 3, 2026 Mary R. Shen, Kwadwo Owusu-Boaitey, Zackari D. Murphy et al.

IntroductionOpioid use disorder (OUD) remains a major public health crisis despite evidence-based medications, including methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. Persistent challenges with treatment retention, access, stigma, and incomplete response highlight the need for adjunctive pharmacotherapies targeting neurobiological systems beyond the mu-opioid receptor.MethodsWe conducted a...

Low-Dose LSD Alters Early and Late Event-Related Potentials to Emotional Faces.

Psychedelic Medicine December 1, 2024 Connor J Haggarty, Hanna Molla, James Glazer et al. 2 citations

Despite widespread popular interest in the use of low doses of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to improve mood, little is known about how these doses affect emotional processing in the brain. In this study, we tested the effect of a single low dose of LSD (26 µg) compared with placebo on electroencephalogram (EEG) event-related potentials (ERP: N170, P300 and Mismatch Negativity) in healthy...