Hallucinogens' Mechanism Understood

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5-HT2A receptors produce different cell signaling mechanisms when activated by hallucinogenic ligandThe brain mechanism underlying the mind-bending effects of hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin has been discovered by neuroscientists. They said their discoveries not only shed light on the longtime mystery of how hallucinogens work

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[igferatu]

That's a much better article. It still seems to make much of the idea that "the signaling and behavioral responses to the hallucinogens are distinct"...which has always been obvious. I don't know it still sounds like "The difference between a phone call and having the phone off the hook is that the phone call causes distinct electrical signaling changes which are passed to the neural pathways in the ear".

Cool nonetheless.

Boy, are those drugs you're holding in your hands?!

[poppyhead]

Then gimme some!