Psychedelics as a treatment for disorders of consciousness

Based on its ability to increase brain complexity, a seemingly reliable index of conscious level, we propose testing the capacity of the classic psychedelic, psilocybin, to increase conscious awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness. We also confront the considerable ethical and practic...

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Autores principales: Scott, Gregory, Carhart-Harris, Robin L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Opinion Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6475593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31024740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nc/niz003
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spelling pubmed-64755932019-04-25 Psychedelics as a treatment for disorders of consciousness Scott, Gregory Carhart-Harris, Robin L Neurosci Conscious Opinion Paper Based on its ability to increase brain complexity, a seemingly reliable index of conscious level, we propose testing the capacity of the classic psychedelic, psilocybin, to increase conscious awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness. We also confront the considerable ethical and practical challenges this proposal must address, if this hypothesis is to be directly assessed. Oxford University Press 2019-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6475593/ /pubmed/31024740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nc/niz003 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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