Using psilocybin to investigate the relationship between attention, working memory, and the serotonin 1A and 2A receptors

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1497-1508

  Carter, Olivia L ^a,b,d   Burr, David C ^c   Pettigrew, John D ^a   Wallis, Guy M ^a   Hasler, Felix ^b   Vollenweider, Franz X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETANSERIN; PLACEBO; PSILOCYBINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; KETANSERIN; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 27144452559     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892905774597191     Document Type: Article

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