Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something called neuroplasticity, which helps the brain heal from mental illness.

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the molecular structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective brain ...

Specifically, they made a tiny adjustment—flipping the position of just two atoms in LSD’s molecular structure. This new version, JRT, ...

The researchers managed to do this by altering the position of just two atoms in LSD’s molecular structure. This small shift produced major changes, and the researchers have begun calling the ...

To design the drug, dubbed JRT, researchers flipped the position of just two atoms in LSD's molecular structure. The chemical flip reduced JRT's hallucinogenic potential while maintaining its ...

The LSD molecule is extremely complex, and researchers are still unsure which aspect of its structure creates the antidepressant effect, and which causes the hallucinations.

To design the drug, dubbed JRT, researchers flipped the position of just two atoms in LSD’s molecular structure. The chemical flip reduced JRT’s hallucinogenic potential while maintaining its ...

UC Davis researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic’s therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential.

The researchers focused on the chemical structure of LSD itself. Prior studies have suggested that certain parts of the LSD molecule are responsible for triggering hallucinations – specifically, a ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, made small tweaks to the molecular structure of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to see if it could be turned into an effective brain ...

To design the drug, dubbed JRT, researchers flipped the position of just two atoms in LSD’s molecular structure. The chemical flip reduced JRT’s hallucinogenic potential while maintaining its ...