Neuroscience and Medicine / Psychopharmacology

Documents:

• Using Ketamine to Induce the Near-Death Experience
  Mechanism of Action and Therapeutic Potential
• How Nitrous Oxide Works
• MDMA Neuropharmacology
  by Lamont Grandquist
• GHB Neuropharmacology
  A brief overview
• Hallucinogens and Antidepressants
  Information from Kit Bonson, taken from an old Usenet post
• Cannabis: the brain's other supplier
  By Rosie Mestel. From "New Scientist" 31 July 1993.
• NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity: Mechanism and Prevention
  By J. W. Olney et al. From "Science" 1991 Dec 6;254(5037):1515-8.
• AMT Medline Abstracts
• Use and abuse of khat (Catha edulis): a review of the distribution, pharmacology, side effects and a description of psychosis attributed to khat chewing
  from Psychological Medicine, v19: 657-668
• The Psychedelic Model of Schizophrenia: The Case of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
  Excerpts from a 1976 AJP paper by Gillin, Kaplan, Stillman & Wyatt

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Contacts and URLs:

• General Chemistry Online (homepage, more info)
  • The Bliss Molecule
    Excellent background info on Anadamide (related items...)
• Hedonistic Imperative (homepage, more info)
  Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.
  • Cannabis: discrimination of "internal bliss"?
    Abstract from Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1999 Oct; 64(2):257-60. (related items...)
  • Neuroprotective antioxidants from marijuana
    Abstract from Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 899:274-82. (related items...)
  • Photo of crack rock, crack pipes, and some brief information on pharmacology (related items...)
  • The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A attenuates the memory impairment produced by delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol or anandamide
    Abstract from Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1998 Nov; 140(1):11-9. (related items...)
• HPPD Page (homepage, more info)
  Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder
• Ibogaine Dossier (homepage, more info)
  "Contains a wealth of information on ibogaine and its in vivo and in vitro actions, original articles of acclaimed ibogaine researchers, and information on experimental ibogaine treatment."
  • Ibogaine Neurotoxicity
    Brief review and references. (related items...)
  • Pharmacodynamics and Therapeutic Applications of Iboga and Ibogaine; The Bwiti: Gabonese initiation society; Ibogaine in Psychotherapy and for Controlling Narcotic Dependency
    Long and informative article by Robert Goutarel (related items...)
  • Pharmacology of Ibogaine and Ibogaine-Related Substances.
    Review by Piotr Popik and Phil Skolnick from "The Alkaloids", Vol.52, 1998. (related items...)
• Lux Illuminati (homepage, more info)
  Historical snapshot
  • the Ketamine Konundrum
    A guide to this odd and intriguing entheogen (related items...)
• Marinol (homepage, more info)
  Manufacturer's promotional webpage
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (homepage, more info)
  Section of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that funds drug and addiction-related research.
• Synaptic Shenanigans (homepage, more info)
  Homepage of a researcher studying molecular neuropharmacology of psychoactive drugs
• US Pharmacist (homepage, more info)
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • Postulated Mechanisms of LSD (related items...)

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