Your Brain on LSD and Acid

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Further Reading–
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/div-classtitlethe-paradoxical-psychological-effects-of-lysergic-acid-diethylamide-lsddiv/FA7A234B809A951253AF5C29AC79CA4A The paradoxical psychological effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

http://www.pnas.org/content/113/17/4853 Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging

LSD-induced entropic brain activity predicts subsequent personality change https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27151536

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881114555249 LSD-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety associated with a life-threatening disease: A qualitative study of acute and sustained subjective effects

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for alcoholism: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881112439253?journalCode=jopa

http://www.nature.com/news/no-link-found-between-psychedelics-and-psychosis-1.16968 No link found between psychedelics and psychosis

http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31749-4 Crystal Structure of an LSD-Bound Human Serotonin Receptor

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(16)31510-X?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098221631510X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue The Fabric of Meaning and Subjective Effects in LSD-Induced States Depend on Serotonin 2A Receptor Activation

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607604644/abstract Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse

LSD modulates music-induced imagery via changes in parahippocampal connectivity http://www.europeanneuropsychopharmacology.com/article/S0924-977X(16)30016-5/abstract

Classic psychedelic use is associated with reduced psychological distress and suicidality in the United States adult population http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881114565653