The research team, led by Robin Carhart-Harris of Imperial College London administered LSD to 20 healthy volunteers in a center prepared for the purpose, while it was making several brain scanners by different pioneering techniques that allowed get new images of the brain under the influence of the substance, enabling in-depth study of the LSD operation mode. The group of volunteers, half received a dose of 75 micrograms of LSD and the other half received placebo.
The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), of the United Academy of Sciences States, shows what happens to the brain when a person experiences the various visual hallucinations often associated with LSD use. Research has also show the brain changes that justify the profound change of consciousness produced by this drug.
“Under normal conditions, the information our eyes is processed in the brain area at the back of the head, called the visual cortex (…) However, when it was administered LSD to volunteers, many other brain areas contributed to the processing of visual stimuli, “stated the authors.
” the results suggest that the effects justify the profound change of consciousness that people often describe to the LSD effect, “says Robin Carhart-Harris.
” This is also related to what people often describe as dissolution ego , which translates into the loss of normal consciousness of I will be replaced by a relationship with himself, like the others and with nature. This experience is sometimes seen a religious or spiritual perspective and appears to be associated with an improvement of well-being after the effects of drug spending, “explains the researcher.
as a person ages, the brain tends to become each more compartmentalized, causing the individual to become more rigid in their thoughts, says Carhart-Harris.
the effects of LSD thus seem to approach the brain of an adult to brain of a baby, given the drug frees the mind and imagination. It is also in this as this research could open doors to new research aimed at the study of this drug in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, particularly depression.
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