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Serotonin research: contributions to understanding psychoses

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GEYER, M, VOLLENWEIDER, F·2008·Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

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The history of serotonin research is closely related to the study of hallucinogenic drugs that function as agonists at serotonin-2A receptors. The fundamental idea that psychotic states seen in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia might be attributable, in part, to abnormalities in serotonergic systems began with the almost simultaneous discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin and serotonin. Sixty years of study have confirmed early speculations regarding the important relationship between serotonin and both drug-induced and disorder-based psychotic states. Now, modern biochemical, pharmacological, behavioral, neuroimaging, genetic and molecular biological sciences are converging to understand how serotonergic systems interact with other monoaminergic and glutamatergic systems to modulate states of consciousness and contribute to psychotic disorders such as the group of schizophrenias. This review summarizes experimental assessments of the serotonergic hallucinogen model psychosis in relation to the serotonin hypothesis of schizophrenia.

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Authors
GEYER, M., & VOLLENWEIDER, F.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
Corresponding author
GEYER, M
Venue
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-09
Volume
29
Issue
9
Pages
445-453
ISSN
0165-6147 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2155757287
Cited by
427
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
29.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 02925, R01DA002925)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
serotonin, 5-HT2A receptor, hallucinogens, LSD, psilocybin, schizophrenia, psychosis, serotonergic system, monoaminergic systems, glutamatergic system, states of consciousness, drug-induced psychosis
MeSH terms
Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Hallucinogens, Humans, Psychoses, Substance-Induced, Psychotic Disorders, Serotonin, Serotonin Receptor Agonists

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