Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - Open Journal
December 7, 2015
Sharon Joy Ng
3 citations
Today the discipline of psychology is branching out to embrace research into more esoteric areas that can provide the means and techniques that will empower people to assume greater self-responsibility for their mental and physical health while simultaneously empowering each person with powerful tools for health and well-being. I refer to the increased interest and research in the contemplative...
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
December 3, 2015
María P García-Pardo, M C Blanco-Gandía, M Valiente-Lluch et al.
Previous studies have demonstrated that social defeat stress increases the rewarding effects of psychostimulant drugs such as cocaine and amphetamine. In the present study we evaluated the long-term effects of repeated social defeat (RSD) on the rewarding effects of ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) hydrochloride in the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm. Adolescent and young...
Brain Research
December 2, 2015
Dan P Covey, Jennifer M Wenzel, Joseph Cheer
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug worldwide. Recent trends indicate that this may soon change; not due to decreased marijuana use, but to an amendment in marijuana's illegal status. The cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptor mediates marijuana's psychoactive and reinforcing properties. CB1 receptors are also part of the brain endocannabinoid (eCB) system and support numerous forms of...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
December 1, 2015
Crystal J Jicha, Michelle R Lofwall, Paul A Nuzzo et al.
Opioid dependence remains a significant public health problem worldwide with only three FDA-approved treatments, all targeting the mu-opioid receptor. Dronabinol, a cannabinoid (CB) 1 receptor agonist, is currently under investigation as a novel opioid withdrawal treatment. This study reports on safety outcomes of dronabinol among adults in opioid withdrawal. Twelve adults physically dependent...
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
December 1, 2015
Petter Grahl Johnstad
Aims: The article aims to gain insight into the private worlds of users of hallucinogenic drugs in spiritual contexts, with a focus on the self-perceived mental health implications of their practices. This will help us understand the rationale behind and consequences of hallucinogenic drug use. Method: Respondents were recruited at several internet fora for individual email-mediated interviews...
Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore
December 1, 2015
Валентина Ивановна Харитонова
5 citations
The article reviews various modern practices associated with the concept of revived shamanism.Many of them have an indirect relation to actual shamanism and its revival.However, their adepts can consider themselves followers of traditional shamanism.The author reviews several variants of shamanic activity widely represented in modern Russia, such as: urban shamanism, experiential shamanism,...
Integral Transpersonal Journal
December 1, 2015
Claudia Cornali
What follows is a tale by a woman, a psychologist, a soul who had a journey of transformation and grace through the flowing and hard path of suffering. In the following pages there are some facts which took place in the last days on Afghanistan soil, lessons learnt and the awareness of the value of teaching given by Biotransenergetics- the way with a heart- which were precious allies to...
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
December 1, 2015
H H Pattee
As a broad academic discipline phenomenology may be summarized as the study from a first person point of view of what appears to subjective human conscious experience. As a historical philosophical movement phenomenology was often motivated by the belief that subjective human experience is the proper foundation of all philosophy. I explore phenomena from a broader evolutionary and physical...
Neuropsychopharmacology
December 1, 2015
Michael S. Placzek, Genevieve C Van de Bittner, Hsiao‐ying Wey et al.
Monitoring changes in opioid receptor binding with positron emission tomography (PET) could lead to a better understanding of tolerance and addiction because altered opioid receptor dynamics following agonist exposure has been linked to tolerance mechanisms. We have studied changes in kappa opioid receptor (KOR) binding availability in vivo with PET following kappa opioid agonist...
Scientific Reports
November 18, 2015
Way K W Lau, Mei-Kei Leung, Chetwyn C H Chan et al.
Cortisol homeostasis is important for cognitive and affective functions that depend on cortisol-sensitive brain regions including the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Recent studies have shown that training induces changes in the brain. We report the findings of a longitudinal study that verified the moderation effect of experience-induced changes in awareness on the neural-cortisol...