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Hallucinogens

Known as: Psychotomimetic Agents, psychedelic drug, Hallucinogenic Agents 
Drugs capable of inducing illusions, hallucinations, delusions, paranoid ideations, and other alterations of mood and thinking. Despite the name, the… Expand
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Gabapentin misuse, abuse and diversion: a systematic review.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Since its market release, gabapentin has been presumed to have no abuse potential and subsequently has been… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness
A large body of evidence, including longitudinal analyses of personality change, suggests that core personality traits are… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The hallucinogen N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous sigma-1 receptor regulator.
The sigma-1 receptor is widely distributed in the central nervous system and periphery. Originally mischaracterized as an opioid… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Hallucinogens Recruit Specific Cortical 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways to Affect Behavior
Hallucinogens, including mescaline, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), profoundly affect perception, cognition… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Glutamate and schizophrenia: phencyclidine, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, and dopamine-glutamate interactions.
  • D. C. Javitt
  • International review of neurobiology
  • 2007
    • Corpus ID: 32021523
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects up to 1% of the population worldwide. As of yet, neurochemical mechanisms… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Specificity of genetic and environmental risk factors for use and abuse/dependence of cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, sedatives, stimulants, and opiates in male twins.
OBJECTIVE Data on use and misuse of six classes of illicit substances by male twin pairs were used to examine whether genetic and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Updating and refining prevalence estimates of disordered gambling behaviour in the United States and Canada.
BACKGROUND This study updates prevalence estimates of gambling-related disorders in the United States and Canada, identifies… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Human psychopharmacology of hoasca, a plant hallucinogen used in ritual context in Brazil.
A multinational, collaborative, biomedical investigation of the effects of hoasca (ayahuasca), a potent concoction of plant… Expand
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Pathological changes induced in cerebrocortical neurons by phencyclidine and related drugs.
Phencyclidine (PCP), a dissociative anesthetic and widely abused psychotomimetic drug, and MK-801, a potent PCP receptor ligand… Expand
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Review
1986
Review
1986
Differences between the mechanism of action of MDMA, MBDB, and the classic hallucinogens. Identification of a new therapeutic class: entactogens.
The widc,pre.ld u e of psychedelic drug • ,>uch a Iy t:rgic acid dit:lh) IJmide (LSD), dunng Ihe 1960's and 1970' led 10 ev re… Expand
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