Psychedelics, Metaplasticity, Critical Periods, Social Learning, Psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Neuroscience | Gül Dölen | #121

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Nick talks to Gül Dölen, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University whose lab studies social behavior, synaptic plasticity, psychedelics & evolution. They discuss: What drugs like LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and ibogaine have in common in terms of their molecular effects in the brain; why Dr. Gül Dölen believes all of these drugs can be described as "psychedelics"; the relationship between psychedelics and neuroplasticity vs. metaplasticity; how addictive drugs are similar to and different from psychedelics; social reward learning in rodents & critical periods of plasticity; the subjective effects of psychedelics; novel psychedelic drug development; human social behavior, mental health, and psychiatry; and more.

Check out my previous discussion with Gül Dölen for important background information: https://mindandmatter.substack.com/p/gul-dolen-social-cognition-and-learning?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fgul%2520dolen&utm_medium=reader2#details

More psychedelic science content: https://substack.com/search/psychedelics?searching=focused_posts&focusedPublicationId=513528

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