Recent work in the field of consciousness science has predominantly focused on the search for neural correlates of consciousness (NCC). However, despite significant technological advances in recent decades, defining NCC remains an ambitious goal in consciousness research. The main difficulty stems from an epistemological challenge known as the "Problem of coordination", which hinders or at...
The toxic effects of Datura stramonium most often include visual and auditory hallucinations, confusion and agitation. Severe and even fatal complications (coma, respiratory distress or death in more than 5% of cases) are not rare since the lethal concentration of the drug's toxic substances (i.e., atropine and scopolamine) is close to the level at which delirium occurs. A 17-year-old man was...
The use of ecstasy (MDMA) has developed in the young since the eighties, particularly in festive settings. Among the severe adverse events induced by this synthetic drug, the hepatotoxicity related to MDMA and to its physiopathological mechanism warrant attention. A 21 year-old man consulted for anaemia that had persisted over the past months with abnormality in hepatic profile. The...