Psychedelic Brain Science

Alaina is joined by colleague and friend, Dr. Mario de la Fuente Revenga to discuss the popular psychedelic preclinical experiment - head twitch response. Mario talks about the automation of the procedure, what head twitch really means, and if there are any similarities between this behavior in mice and some human behaviors when taking psychedelics.

A & Z catch you up on all the things that have happened in the last few months! We also feature a new sound artist this season: Charlie Hausfeld. Welcome to season 3 of Psychedelic Brain Science!

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Welcome to a special episode with A & Z, where they are joined by US Congressman Earl Blumenauer to discuss his fight against criminalization of addiction. They discuss the many things Blumenaur has accomplished in his career in regards to cannabis reform, as well as the ongoing fight to pass the Right to Try Act in Oregon.

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For the last episode of season 2, Alaina & Zarmeen are joined by journalist Sasha Sisko to discuss the reasoning behind Sisko's public call for the resignation of Rick Doblin from The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

Please note that part of our discussion is on suicidal ideation and sexual assault and takes place at 39 to. 50 minutes. Tune into Sisko's livestream podcast with full commentary and perspective will take place on Sunday (4/30) at 7 pm EST/4 pm PST.

*When discussing Cover Story, Sisko misstated that that Mel was in the MAPS Phase 2 trial and that Leah was in Phase 3, but in reality, both were in Phase 3.

*We use the term Executive Director due to the time of recording, but recently Doblin's title has been changed to President.

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Happy 420! Join Alaina and Zarmeen for this special episode about cannabis, where they discuss how its different and similar from classical psychedelics both in pharmacology and subjective effects.

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Happy Bicycle Day!!! To celebrate, A & Z have brought you a very special episode of Your Brain on Science. Join them both as they talk with Leonard Pickard about the current state of psychedelics, his fascinating past and his new book: The Rose of Parascelsus: On Secrets & Sacrements.

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Alaina & Zarmeen do a crash course in LSD, discussing the pharmacology, subjective effects and history of the drug.

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Join A & Z as they discuss a recent journal article focused on the safety and tolerability of LSD microdosing in a naturalistic setting. This research was funded by MindBio Therapeutics and is the peer-reviewed version of what we discussed on our previous microdosing episode.

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In this episode, Zarmeen speaks with Russell Hausfeld of Psymposia about psychedelics and the corporate world. Their conversation dives into the current corporate landscape and the implications of corporatization into every aspect of psychedelic field growth. Check out our website for more on this episode! psychedelicbrainscience.com

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Alaina is joined today by Dr. Jacob S. Aday, first author of a recent publication surveying psychedelic therapists about their use of psychedelics. This paper raised the question to many: Should therapists providing psychedelic-assisted therapy be required to have a psychedelic experience? Whatever your answer may be, this episode dives into the paper and the pros and cons of having experience with psychedelics as a mental health provider.

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