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Largest ever psychedelics study maps changes of conscious awareness to neurotransmitter systems
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Largest ever psychedelics study maps changes of conscious awareness to neurotransmitter systems

by McGill University Graph showing relation between type of drug, descriptive words and neurotransmitter. Credit: Danilo Bzdok Psychedelics are now a rapidly growing area of neuroscience and clinical research, one that may produce much-needed new therapies for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Yet there is still a lot to know about how these drug...

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Study reveals the gateway to conscious awareness

MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN During our waking hours, the brain is receiving a near-constant influx of sensory signals of various strengths. For decades, scientists have wondered why some signals rise to the light of conscious awareness while other signals of a similar strength remain in the dark shadows of unconsciousness. What controls the...