Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in brain structure and personality in humans José Carlos Bouso, FernandaPalhano-Fontes, Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells, Sidarta Ribeiro, Rafael Sanches, José Alexandre S. Crippa, Jaime E.C. Hallak, Draulio B. de Araujo, Jordi Riba European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2015, 25, 483–492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.01.008 Abstract Psychedelic agents have a long history of use by humans for their capacity to induce profound modifications in perception,emotion and cognitive processes. Despite increasing knowledge of the neural mechanisms involved in the acute effects of these drugs, the impact of sustained psychedelic use on the human brain remains largely unknown. Molecular pharmacology studies have shown that psychedelic 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT)2A [...]
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