Pharmacology of Hallucinations: Several Mechanisms for One Single Symptom?
BioMed Research International 2014 Benjamin Rolland, Renaud Jardri, Ali Amad et al. 96 citations
Hallucinations are complex misperceptions, that principally occur in schizophrenia or after intoxication induced by three main classes of drugs: psychostimulants, psychedelics, and dissociative anesthetics. There are at least three different pharmacological ways to induce hallucinations: (1) activation of dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) with psychostimulants, (2) activation of serotonin 5HT2A...