Exploration of Neuroscience
August 7, 2025
Trevor R. Norman
2 citations
Treatment resistant depression (TRD) is frequently encountered in clinical practice. The lack of response of the condition to conventional medications and augmentation strategies has spawned the search for novel treatment approaches. Psychedelic medications used in conjunction with intensive psychotherapy, so-called psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP), have been evaluated in a limited...
CNS Spectrums
July 11, 2022
Seetal Dodd, Trevor R. Norman, Harris A. Eyre et al.
61 citations
Abstract Psilocybin is a tryptamine alkaloid found in some mushrooms, especially those of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin has four metabolites including the pharmacologically active primary metabolite psilocin, which readily enters the systemic circulation. The psychoactive effects of psilocin are believed to arise due to the partial agonist effects at the 5HT2A receptor. Psilocin also binds to...
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
February 8, 2017
Alexander Bryson, Olivia Carter, Trevor R. Norman et al.
19 citations
Functional neurological disorders are frequently encountered in clinical practice. They have a poor prognosis and treatment options are limited. Their etiology is unknown, but leading theories propose a disturbance of somatic self-representation: the mind perceives dysfunction of a body region despite intact motor and sensory pathways. Central to this model is the concept of an abnormal...
Biological Psychology
May 1, 2000
G. Tooley, S. Armstrong, Trevor R. Norman et al.
To determine whether a period of meditation could influence melatonin levels, two groups of meditators were tested in a repeated measures design for changes in plasma melatonin levels at midnight. Experienced meditators practising either TM-Sidhi or another internationally well known form of yoga showed significantly higher plasma melatonin levels in the period immediately following meditation...
The British Journal of Psychiatry
February 1, 1988
Trevor R. Norman, Annick Acevedo, Graham D. Burrows et al.
1 citation
SIR: Mystical-ecstatic and trance states fall within the general category of depersonalisation symptom and dissociative states.Usually they are pleasant, relax ing, short-lived, and do not have psychopathological consequences (Benson, 1984).