The effects of psychedelics on neuroplasticity: A review of current research and the possibility of therapeutic application in psychiatry
Engrami 2025 Mile Jevtić 1 citation
Psychedelics are psychoactive substances that cause changes in perception, state of consciousness, mood and numerous cognitive processes. The best known are lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), psilocybin and mescaline. The main mechanism of action of psychedelics is agonism towards serotonin 5-HT2A receptors. In the middle of the 20th century, interest in the use of...