Change in the brain usually comes with plenty of effort over time. Neuroscientists are working to understand how psychedelic drugs provide a shortcut that seems to rely on existing brain systems.
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Society has very different attitudes to near-death experiences and psychedelics.
Psychedelic drugs have inspired great songs and works of art. But they may also have potential for treating disease like depression and PTSD by helping to regrow damaged regions of the brain.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine; Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
