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Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

MainPsychedelic drugs can reliably induce powerful acute changes in the perception of self, time and space by agonism of the serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor9,10. In clinical trials, a single high dose of psilocybin (25 mg) has demonstrated rapid and sustained symptom relief in depression1,2,3,11,12,13,14, addiction4,15 and end-of-life anxiety13,14. Together, these observations indicate that psychedelics should induce potent acute (lasting roughly 6 hours) and persistent (24 hours to 21 days) neur...

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