Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something called neuroplasticity, which helps the brain heal from mental illness.

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the molecular structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective brain ...

Structure of LSD and its receptor explains its potency Date: January 26, 2017 Source: Cell Press Summary: Lysergic acid diethylamide -- more commonly known as 'LSD' or simply 'acid' -- is one of ...

Now, scientists report that the way the drug molecule binds to brain receptors could explain LSD's long-lasting effects. LSD , or lysergic acid diethylamide, has a similar chemical structure to ...

If you decide to drop acid, you’ll want to clear your schedule: A trip on lysergic acid diethylamide can last anywhere between six and 20 hours.Why acid trips last so long has been a mystery ...

To design the drug, dubbed JRT, researchers flipped the position of just two atoms in LSD's molecular structure. The chemical flip reduced JRT's hallucinogenic potential while maintaining its ...

Locked inside a human brain protein, the hallucinogenic drug LSD takes an extra-long trip. New X-ray crystallography images reveal how an LSD molecule gets trapped within a protein that senses ...

A new discovery of how LSD changes a protein’s structure may explain why the drug is so powerful, and why its trips are so long and strange. Full Episode Wednesday, Jun 25 ...

LSD is an extremely potent, long-lasting psychedelic drug: A dose of just 100 micrograms is enough to send someone on a hallucinatory trip that can last a whole day. Now, scientists report that the ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the molecular structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective brain ...

LSD is an extremely potent, long-lasting psychedelic drug: A dose of just 100 micrograms is enough to send someone on a hallucinatory trip that can last a whole day. Now, scientists report that the ...