title: Possible role of biochemiluminescent photons for lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)-induced phosphenes and visual hallucinations.
abstract: Today, there is an increased interest in research on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) because it may offer new opportunities in psychotherapy under controlled settings. The more we know about how a drug works in the brain, the more opportunities there will be to exploit it in medicine. Here, based on our previously published papers and investigations, we suggest that LSD-induced visual hallucinations/phosphenes may be due to the transient enhancement of bioluminescent photons in the early retinotopic visual system in blind as well as healthy people.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kapócs
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scholkmann
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.forename: Noémi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Császár
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Szőke
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bókkon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010719:Phosphenes / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D017785:Photons
chemical_list: D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide