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Moving Forward From FDA-Rejection
A call for better, more rigorous research in psychedelics Original publication on Medium September, 2024. It is unknown as of 2025 how...

Alaina M. Jaster
Jul 217 min read
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Charting a Path Forward: Psychedelics Perspective
This past week, three critical scientists from various backgrounds were invited to give their expertise and perspective on psychedelic...
yourbrainscience
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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FDA Meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee for MDMA-AT: An Overview
An overview detailing the FDA Meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee for Lykos Therapeutics MDMA-AT for PTSD.

Alaina M. Jaster
Jun 6, 202431 min read
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The Psychedelic Renaissance: What is Going On? Part 2
This editorial focuses on the centering of Indigenous Peoples' voices in the psychedelic field and a discussion on inclusion of spirituality

Alaina M. Jaster
May 9, 202415 min read
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The Psychedelic Renaissance: What is Going On? Part 1
Voices echoed off the walls of the auditorium as people shouted the names of people they have lost, and with each name spoken it is a...

Alaina M. Jaster
Oct 30, 202313 min read
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So, you want to be an advocate?
An open letter to my fellow researchers By Alaina M. Jaster The Reform Conference sat at an almost perfect intersection of research,...

Alaina M. Jaster
Oct 23, 20237 min read
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Breaking: MDMA Phase 3 Results
The long-awaited results of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Phase 3 clinical trial have arrived. This...
yourbrainscience
Sep 22, 20235 min read
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Lit Review Magic: The Evidence for Psychedelics to treat Addiction
Check out some of the great studies Alaina mentioned in the latest episode of Your Brain on Science! As always, if you need a pdf or...
yourbrainscience
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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Journal Club: Comparing Altered States of Consciousness
In episode 8 of season 3 we spoke about a paper which made some much-needed contributions to the understanding of altered states of...
yourbrainscience
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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Breaking: Psychedelics reopen the social reward learning critical period
It's been a busy week in psychedelics, as researchers attempt to stay caught up on the latest research in the field. Last week, we broke...
yourbrainscience
Jun 15, 20239 min read
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WTF is a head twitch?!
You may have noticed that a lot of basic psychedelic research revolves around this single assay: the head twitch response (HTR). The...
yourbrainscience
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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Breaking: Psychedelics evidenced to modulate plasticity via BDNF-related mechanisms
It was a big day in psychedelic neuroscience on Monday, with the publication of an article titled "Psychedelics promote plasticity by...
yourbrainscience
Jun 6, 20236 min read
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Welcome to Season 3!
If you listened to Season 3 Episode 1 and wanted to read some of the articles we mention you can check them out + more below! As always,...
yourbrainscience
Jun 5, 20231 min read
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Journal Club: Trial of Ketamine Masked by Surgical Anesthesia in Depressed Patients
Over the weekend, a new preprint was released from Stanford University focused on better understanding potential drug placebo effects in...
yourbrainscience
May 8, 20235 min read
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Journal Club: 5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in mice
It’s no secret that plasticity is becoming a buzzword in the psychedelic field. Anyone and everyone points to plasticity as being the...
yourbrainscience
May 3, 20235 min read
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The Doblin Effect
Edit as of 7/2/2025: The episode has been removed from our podcast due to Sasha Sisko's inappropriate behavior and legal history of...

Alaina M. Jaster
Apr 21, 20238 min read
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Psychedelics and the Corporate World
In this week’s episode, Zarmeen sits down with Russell Hausfeld of psymposia for a chat on psychedelics in the corporate world. In this...
yourbrainscience
Apr 4, 20231 min read
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Journal Club: At Home LSD Microdosing
An exciting article, "Acute mood-elevating properties of microdosed LSD in healthy volunteers: a home-administered randomised controlled...
yourbrainscience
Mar 29, 20236 min read
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Self-concept and Ego
Alaina sat down with Dr. NeÅŸe Devenot, a psychedelics and bio ethics researcher to talk about their work with understanding different...
yourbrainscience
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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Common Factors of Psychotherapy
This week's episode was with Dr. Natalie Gukasyan psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins at the Center of Psychedelic and Consciousness Research....
yourbrainscience
Feb 28, 20232 min read
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