NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LSD AT THE CELLULAR AND NETWORK LEVEL IN THE AUDITORY CORTEX OF RODENTS AND HUMANS
Prateep Sanker Beed, Dietmar Schmitz
IBRO Neuroscience Reports October 1, 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.531 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | LSD |
| Key points | The authors propose to explain reports of audio-visual synesthesia in LSD users by examining cellular and network-level activity in the mammalian auditory cortex, framing this as part of renewed interest in psychedelics as therapeutics and as probes of sensory and cognitive processing. No specific empirical results are reported in the text. |
Abstract
This April will be the 80th anniversary of the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann. The so-called 'problem child' of his has come a long way to maturity yet many aspects are unknown. Off late there has been a resurgence in psychedelics research as substances like LSD show promise as therapeutics and also reveal insights about our sensory and cognitive processing. We deconstructed the reported observation of audio-visual synesthesia in LSD users (recreational and research studies) to a cellular and network-level study in the auditory cortex of mammals.