TIPS - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
August 1, 2008
Mark A. Geyer, Franz X. Vollenweider
435 citations
The history of serotonin research is closely related to the study of hallucinogenic drugs that function as agonists at serotonin-2A receptors. The fundamental idea that psychotic states seen in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia might be attributable, in part, to abnormalities in serotonergic systems began with the almost simultaneous discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD),...
Schizophrenia Bulletin
July 17, 2008
Paul H Lysaker, John T Lysaker
Contemporary researchers have tended to examine dysfunction among the lives of persons with schizophrenia as a matter of the impact of biological and social forces. While this has greatly advanced the knowledge base, any account of schizophrenia without a full consideration of the illness's first-person dimensions risks missing that schizophrenia is a disorder that interrupts the lives of...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
July 17, 2008
Felix Hasler, Erich Studerus, Karl‐johan Lindner et al.
53 citations
Serotonin (5-HT) release is the primary pharmacological mechanism of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ‘ecstasy’) action in the primate brain. Dopamine release and direct stimulation of dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT 2A receptors also contributes to the overall action of MDMA. The role of 5-HT 1A receptors in the human psychopharmacology of MDMA, however, has not yet been elucidated. In...
Advances in Cognitive Psychology
July 15, 2008
Visual masking and the dynamics of human perception, cognition, and consciousness A century of progress, a contemporary synthesis, and future directions.
TheScientificWorldJournal
July 13, 2008
Søren Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Isack Kandel et al.
The human brain is probably the most complicated single structure in the biological universe. The cerebral cortex that is traditionally connected with consciousness is extremely complex. The brain contains approximately 1,000,000 km of nerve fibers, indicating its enormous complexity and which makes it difficult for scientists to reveal the function of the brain. In this paper, we propose a new...
Forensic Science International
July 4, 2008
Simon D. Brandt, Cláudia P.B. Martins, Sally Freeman et al.
10 citations
The psychoactive properties of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) 1a are known to induce altered states of consciousness in humans. This particular attribute attracts great interest from a variety of scientific and also clandestine communities. Our recent research has confirmed that DMT reacts with dichloromethane (DCM), either as a result of work-up or storage to give a quaternary N-chloromethyl...
Existential Analysis Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis
July 1, 2008
Digby Tantam
Sartre's brilliant and indefatigable investigations of consciousness are less well read than they used to be. But the advent of positron emission tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetoencephalography has enabled neuroscientist to look at the functioning brain during tasks requiring consciousness, and they are ratifying many of the insights that Sartre obtained from...
ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal
July 1, 2008
Lidia Laksana Hidajat
The study on trance phenomenon is hardly ever done, in view of the fact that in Indonesia, trance or known as kesurupan tend to be accepted as a common cultural phenomenon, especially at many areas where traditional and mystical beliefs are profound, and spiritual practices are still carried out. While Indonesia is making a hard effort to build up its nation, and whereas modernization could be...
Complicity An International Journal of Complexity and Education
July 1, 2008
James Anthony Whitson
2 citations
An astonishing array of theoretical discourses appear woven together seamlessly in Semetsky’s rationale for using Tarot practice as a tool for education, drawing from theoretical traditions that range from Jung’s and Pauli’s theories of archetypes and synchronicity, to chaos and complexity or complex systems theories, to C.S. Peirce’s semiotic pragmaticism, to natural law, to hermeneutics, and...
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
July 1, 2008
Ravi Prakash, Om Prakash, Shashi Prakash et al.
The global workspace of consciousness was proposed in its elementary framework by Baars, in 1982. Since the time of inception, there have been many speculations and modifications of this theory, but the central theme has remained the same, which refers to the global availability of information in the brain. However, the present understanding about the origin of this global workspace or its...