Psychedelic Brain Science

Psychedelic Brain Science

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Psychedelic Brain Science episodes

  • See Ya Later Alligators

    Alaina and Zarmeen announce their hiatus for YBOS while they finish up their PhDs! Time flies when you're running a podcast and being a scientist full time... That being said, listen to them briefly chat about what they've been up to, where you can find them in the next few months and a few papers that recently came out (because even if they're busy, they still have to talk science DUH).


    Check out the pubs referenced below:

    STAR*D trial re-analysis: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e063095

    Zarmeen's Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37588757/

    Psychedelic Commercialization: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/psymed.2023.0013

    16 min
  • Literature Review: Psychedelics & Addiction

    To bring this series full circle, Alaina does a quick summary of some of the current clinical and preclinical literature supporting using psychedelics for the treatment of various substance use disorders. Links to the studies references will be posted on our blog at psychedelicbrainscience.com/blog.

    18 min
  • The Non-Addictive Nature of Psychedelics

    Alaina gives a quick and dirty breakdown about all things drug use. She breaks down the different definitions of drug abuse and drug use, discusses how psychedelics are different from other drugs and then talks about the possible ways psychedelics may be helping people with substance use disorders.

    23 min
  • Journal Club: Comparing Altered States of Consciousness

    This week A & Z do a journal club style episode where they briefly discuss the rationale, methods and results of a recent psychedelic paper. The paper titled "Comparing neural correlates of consciousness from psychedelics to hypnosis and meditation" by Moujaes et al. at the university of Zurich explores the differences and similarities between pharmacological and non-pharmacological induced altered states of consciousness. Join A & Z as they deep dive into this very interesting publication.

    32 min
  • Ambivalence in the Psychedelic Experience ft. Abigail Calder
    Alaina is joined by fellow PhD candidate Abigail Calder to discuss her ongoing work on psychedelics including neuroplasticity and how we can measure that in humans, as well as the importance in understanding how subjective effects can be positive, negative, both or neither. Abigail is currently studying all of this and more at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. To learn more about her ongoing study or to participate, please see the link below.
    https://redcapmed.unifr.ch/surveys/?s=DKRTNATWMDHDCCWA
    51 min
  • Psychedelics & Sports: ft. Riley Cote

    In this episode of YBOS, Zarmeen chats with former NHL player and now co-founder of Athletes for Care, Riley Cote. In their conversation Zarmeen and Riley talk about the unique challenges of being an NHL enforcer and what that meant for Riley during and after the sport. In their conversation, Riley details the healing he sought after his career and the role that psychedelics played in all of it.


    Stay tuned in this series as there are more interesting stories to come! and check out our youtube for video content of this episode!


    All content published by YBOS is solely the opinions of the authors and does not reflect the opinions of any parties affiliated with the authors or any additional third parties.


    45 min
  • Psychedelics & Sports: Kickoff ft. Anna Symonds

    Happy fourth everyone!! Join Zarmeen as she kicks of her psychedelics and sports series with former professional athlete and now director of the Etheridge foundation, Anna Symonds. This series explores the use of psychedelics in the lives of athletes. The utility of these drugs during an athletic career, and beyond. This is the first episode in an ongoing series! Be sure to check out all of our episodes and head over to our youtube for video content.


    All content published by YBOS is solely the opinions of the authors and does not reflect the opinions of any parties affiliated with the authors or any additional third parties.

    58 min
  • Are Psychedelics Anti-inflammatory? ft. Dr. Charles Nichols
    Join Alaina and Dr. Charles Nichols, professor of pharmacology and researcher at Louisiana State University, as they discuss how psychedelics may be useful in treating inflammation. They dive into inflammatory processes, the interaction of serotonin and serotonergic agonists in these pathways and how psychedelics could be used as a potential treatment for inflammation-related pathology.
    All content published by YBOS is solely the opinions of the authors and does not reflect the opinions of any parties affiliated with the authors or any additional third parties.
    54 min
  • The Mystical Mouse ft. Dr. Jennifer Wolstenholme and Dr. Peter Hamilton
    This week's episode of Your Brain on Science, Alaina is going to try and get some answers to the question everyone is dying to know: If you give a mouse DMT, do they see mouse god? Alaina is joined by two VCU professors and preclinical researchs, Dr. Jennifer Wolstenholme and Dr. Peter Hamilton, who will assist in breaking down the term anthropomorphism and what that means for preclinical research, as well as tackling whether or not rodents experience emotions and hallucinations. Tune in for this fun episode! All content published by YBOS is solely the opinions of the authors and does not reflect the opinions of any parties affiliated with the authors or any additional third parties.
    34 min

About Psychedelic Brain Science

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Psychedelic Brain Science is a multimedia approach dedicated to bringing scientific, psychological, anthropological, and cultural information as it relates to psychedelics. Join scientists Alaina M. Jaster, PhD and Zarmeen Zahid, PhD as they work to provide better understanding of the ongoing research about psychedelics.