i think because it is so similar to seratonin it replaces seratonin as
a neurotransmitter in the brain - like swapping out the lens on a
camera, the light (impulses travelling between neurones) is
transmitted differently ...
Am i just talking out my arse?
dave L
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> > > I'm looking for a reliable online source of information about the basic
> > > neurophysiology of psilocybin. i.e. the activational or inhibitory
> effects
> > > it has on which specific regions of the brain. I'm most interested in
> which
> > > regions are effected than the actual pharmacological or chemical reasons
> for
> > > the effect. I've heard that it activates serotonin receptors, but
> > > whereabouts?
> > >
> > > If anyone has a link they'd care to share, I'd appreciate it.
> > >
> > >
> > Try http://www.lycaeum.org/ a large entheogenic database which should
> > answer all your questions
> >
> > Charlie
> >
>
> I think there is much to be learned from investigating delusional disorders
> and schizophrenic patients, because many of these effects may, and do, occur
> on a trip.
>
> I saw an interesting program on Discovery a few days ago - they said that
> there is not one visual cortex, but about 30 areas of the brain responsible
> for visual perception - each with a different 'meaning' attached. I could
> theorise that any of these visual areas may be affected during a trip,
> giving different effects. For instance on person's disorder was the
> inability to name an object correctly upon seeing it - he was also no good
> with recognising faces, but as soon as the unrecognised person spoke to him,
> all the associated emotions and memories came flooding back and recognition
> was achieved - so here we have a case of visual recognition being affected
> but rescued by auditory input which was not affected. They could therefore
> narrow down the particular brain pathway responsible for the condition and
> eliminate other candidate pathways - in this case the affected pathway was
> the visual cortex-medulla oblongata pathway, as opposed to the visual
> cortex-hypothalamus pathway.
>
> There was also a case of a person who has a delusional state that he thinks
> he is God - the same kind of cosmic oneness with the universe that is
> experienced on a high dose trip. This was said to be a disorder of the
> hypothalamus. This is an interesting one because it suggests that we all
> have a brain area devoted to religious experience, which is a bit
> controvertial, but may be true.