This list contains a mix of original research and reviews of literature chiefly pertaining to psychedelic compounds (as LSD and psilocybin) and MDMA, with a strong focus on research in humans. Some reports describe findings from laboratory studies examining the effects of these drugs, while others recount historical use of psychedelics, particularly in psychiatry. A number of studies examine the use of these substances in therapeutic contexts, either as part of psychotherapy or as a pharmacotherapy. The list is not intended to be comprehensive but to present a broad survey of the currently available literature and to introduce readers to the nature and scope of the literature. Readers may wish to investigate the reference lists of any paper that interests them to locate further reports.
Except in one case, all reports can be found in PDF format within the MAPS Psychedelic Bibliography (http://www.maps.org/wwwpb). Citations are presented first, followed by a URL to a full-text article.
Updated by Ilsa Jerome (March, 2010)
List of Papers
1. Barbanoj MJ, Riba J, Clos S, Gimenez S, Grasa E, Romero S (2008) Daytime Ayahuasca administration modulates REM and slow-wave sleep in healthy volunteers. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 196: 315-326
2. Bedi G, Phan KL, Angstadt M, de Wit H (2009) Effects of MDMA on sociability and neural response to social threat and social reward. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 207: 73-83
3. Bouso JC, Doblin R, Farre M, Alcazar MA, Gomez-Jarabo G (2008) MDMA-assisted psychotherapy using low doses in a small sample of women with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. J Psychoactive Drugs 40: 225-236
9. Gamma A, Buck A, Berthold T, Liechti ME, Vollenweider FX (2000) 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) modulates cortical and limbic brain activity as measured by [H(2)(15)O]-PET in healthy humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 23: 388-95
11. Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E, Schreckenberger M, Sabri O, Arning C, Thelen B, Spitzer M, Kovar KA, Hermle L, Bull U, Sass H (1999) Neurometabolic effects of psilocybin, 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDE) and d-methamphetamine in healthy volunteers. A double-blind, placebo-controlled PET study with [18F]FDG. Neuropsychopharmacology 20: 565-581
12. Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E, Thelen B, Habermeyer E, Kunert HJ, Kovar KA, Lindenblatt H, Hermle L, Spitzer M, Sass H (1999) Psychopathological, neuroendocrine and autonomic effects of 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDE), psilocybin and d-methamphetamine in healthy volunteers. Results of an experimental double-blind placebo-controlled study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 142: 41-50
13. Griffiths R, Richards W, Johnson M, McCann U, Jesse R (2008) Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later. J Psychopharmacol 22: 621-632
14. Griffiths RR, Richards WA, McCann U, Jesse R (2006) Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 187: 268-83; discussion 284-292
16. Halpern JH, Sherwood AR, Passie T, Blackwell KC, Ruttenber AJ (2008) Evidence of health and safety in American members of a religion who use a hallucinogenic sacrament. Med Sci Monit 14: SR15-22
17. Hasler F, Grimberg U, Benz MA, Huber T, Vollenweider FX (2004) Acute psychological and physiological effects of psilocybin in healthy humans: a double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-effect study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 172: 145-56
19. Krupitsky EM, Burakov AM, Dunaevsky IV, Romanova TN, Slavina TY, Grinenko AY (2007) Single versus repeated sessions of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for people with heroin dependence. J Psychoactive Drugs 39: 13-9
20. Kurland AA, Grof, S., Pahnke, W. N., Goodman, L.E. (1973) Psychedelic Drug Assisted Psychotherapy. In Patients With Terminal Cancer. In: Goldberger IK, Malitz S, Kutscher AH (eds) Psychotheramacological Agents for the Terminally Ill and Bereaved 1973,. Columbia University Press, New York, NY, pp 86-133
27. Riba J, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Barbanoj MJ (2002) Effects of ayahuasca on sensory and sensorimotor gating in humans as measured by P50 suppression and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex, respectively. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 165: 18-28
29. Strassman RJ (1995) Hallucinogenic drugs in psychiatric research and treatment. Perspectives and prospects. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 183: 127-138
30. Strassman RJ, Qualls C, Berg L (1996) Differential tolerance to biological and subjective effects of four closely spaced doses of N,N-dimethyltryptamine in humans. Biological Psychiatry 39: 784-795
31. Vollenweider FX, Leenders KL, Scharfetter C, Maguire P, Stadelmann O, Angst J (1997) Positron emission tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose studies of metabolic hyperfrontality and psychopathology in the psilocybin model of psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology 16: 357-372
32. Vollenweider FX, Csomor PA, Knappe B, Geyer MA, Quednow BB (2007) The Effects of the Preferential 5-HT2A Agonist Psilocybin on Prepulse Inhibition of Startle in Healthy Human Volunteers Depend on Interstimulus Interval. Neuropsychopharmacology 32(9):1876-1887
