Drugs and the Neuroscience

Annette ingests LSD. She finds that her sensory experiences are more refined and salient. How does LSD alter Annette's brain function to produce this effect?

Psychedelic drugs fall into three general categories: ____.

Drugs that induce a reality-altering experience consisting of hallucinations, sensory distortions, or delusions are referred to as ____.

Ashley ingests "shrooms" to experience a hallucination. The main psychoactive constituent in hallucinogenic mushrooms is ____.

The most representative hallucinogen is ____.

During the psychoanalysis era, psychiatrists used LSD to ____.

An LSD trip associated with disturbing true hallucinations, psychotic episodes, negative emotional states, altered perceptions of time, and out-of-body sensations is referred to as a ____ trip.

Which hallucinogen is also produced endogenously by the body?

Who is credited with the accidental discovery of LSD's hallucinogenic effects at Sandoz Laboratories in 1943?

The chemical structure of LSD resembles ____ chemical structure.

Postdoctoral research fellow Jessica administers LSD directly into the prefrontal cortex of a rat via cannulization, leading to the activation of 5-HT2A receptors. What should happen in response to this LSD administration?

Sandra uses a normal-range dose of LSD. What type of physiological changes can she expect?

An LSD trip characterized by having highly desirable sensory distortions and pseudo-hallucinations is referred to as a ____ trip.

Primitive cultures used hallucinogenic plants as psychic medicines to treat maladies, communicate with gods, and ____.

Kyle ingests peyote cactus to experience a hallucination. What active ingredient in the peyote cactus produces these hallucinations?

Which statement best reflects the role of serotonin-like hallucinogens in producing subjective and physiological effects in humans?

After ingesting LSD, Margetta notices that every time her friend opens her mouth to speak, she sees a kaleidoscope of colors emitting from her mouth - instead of hearing sounds. The phenomenon that best describes this is ____.

The overall hallucinogenic experience is called a ____.

What lead to the decline of therapeutic LSD use in psychoanalytical practices?

Marco ingests LSD, leading to disruption of modal object completion. Based on disruption to his modal object completion, how would a square border of dots (spaced closely together) appear to Marco?