The 5-HT2A/1A Agonist Psilocybin Disrupts Modal Object Completion Associated with Visual Hallucinations
Biological Psychiatry December 4, 2010 Michael Kometer, B. Rael Cahn, David Andel et al. 101 citations
BackgroundRecent findings suggest that the serotonergic system and particularly the 5-HT2A/1A receptors are implicated in visual processing and possibly the pathophysiology of visual disturbances including hallucinations in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease.MethodsTo investigate the role of 5-HT2A/1A receptors in visual processing the effect of the hallucinogenic 5-HT2A/1A agonist...
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.10.002 (opens in new tab)
Psilocybin
Visual hallucination
Agonist
Hallucinogen
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