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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...
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yourbrainscience
- Jun 6
- 6 min
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...
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yourbrainscience
- May 8
- 5 min
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...
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Sasha Sisko
- Apr 21
- 10 min
The Doblin Effect
Co-written by Alaina M. Jaster & Sasha Sisko On our final episode of the season we were joined by Sasha Sisko, an independent journalist,...
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yourbrainscience
- Mar 29
- 6 min
Journal Club: At Home LSD Microdosing
An exciting article, "Acute mood-elevating properties of microdosed LSD in healthy volunteers: a home-administered randomised controlled...
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yourbrainscience
- Mar 19
- 2 min
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...
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yourbrainscience
- Feb 21
- 5 min
Journal Club: Vargas et al 2023 - Intracellular 5-HT2A Receptors?
A recent study suggesting a novel mechanism of psychedelic action was published just a few days ago. This study by Vargas et al, out of...
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yourbrainscience
- Feb 11
- 2 min
Psychedelic Harm Reduction
In this weeks episode of YBOS, Alaina and Zarmeen talk about the origins of harm reduction. The origins of harm reduction programs lie in...
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yourbrainscience
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Psychedelic Moments to Remember from 2022
We know 2022 was a wild year for psychedelics. From the resurrection of microdosing, to the great debates of functional connectivity, to...
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yourbrainscience
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Microdosing, Myth or Magic?
Here are some of the studies we mentioned in Episode 13! Psilocybin microdosing does not affect emotion-related symptoms and processing:...
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yourbrainscience
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Plasticity & Psychoplastogens
Check out some more work from Dr. Lindsay Cameron and the Olson Lab! A Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelic Analog with Therapeutic Potential...
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yourbrainscience
- Nov 19, 2022
- 3 min
COMPASS Pathways Phase 2 Psilocybin Study
We shared a lot of our thoughts about the recent published study on psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression in Episode 9. Here we...
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yourbrainscience
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
DMN and Entropy: The good, the bad, and the trippy
Today’s episode references the following papers and videos: “The brain's default network: origins and implications for the study of...
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yourbrainscience
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
The Hope
Psychedelics have become a big media sensation prompting a lot of public attention. While this may be a good thing, in last weeks episode...
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yourbrainscience
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Hype
What are psychedelics? Psychedelics are a class of drugs that produce visual and auditory hallucinations, changes in sensory perception,...
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yourbrainscience
- Aug 31, 2022
- 6 min
Psychedelics & Drug Policy: Next Steps
The DOI Case On Friday August 26, 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration withdrew proposed Schedule 1 status for...
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yourbrainscience
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
Drug Policy & Psychedelics
Current Events: DEA attempts to schedule several psychedelics On January 14, 2022 the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) proposed the...
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yourbrainscience
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Journal Club: "Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-blind placebo-controlled study"
Recently there has been quite a bit of discourse on the efficacy and utility of microdosing. Microdosing typically refers to a paradigm...
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yourbrainscience
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
Sensationalism of Science
You've probably seen headlines about scientific findings that cause you to go, "Wow! Really? I didn't know that," and then click share...
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