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Possible role of biochemiluminescent photons for lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)-induced phosphenes and visual hallucinations

Kapócs, Gábor ; Scholkmann, Felix ; Salari, Vahid ; Császár, Noémi ; Szőke, Henrik ; Bókkon, István

In: Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2017, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 77-86

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    Title
    • Possible role of biochemiluminescent photons for lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)-induced phosphenes and visual hallucinations
    Author
    • Kapócs, Gábor. Social Home for Psychiatric Patients, H-9970, Szentgotthard, Hungary
    • Scholkmann, Felix. Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Salari, Vahid. Department of Physics, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    • Császár, Noémi. Psychoszomatic OutPatient Department, H-1037, Budapest, Hungary
    • Szőke, Henrik. Doctors School of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary
    • Bókkon, István. Psychoszomatic OutPatient Department, H-1037, Budapest, Hungary
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:331020
    Summary
    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.