• AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean, this is going to sound super-oversimplified but hopefully correct: we know that Tryptamines like LSD and psilocybin serve their most novel functions on 5-HT2A serotonin binding sites and there are a lot in the thalamus, which is largely responsible for routing information to other parts of the brain. That would explain a lot of people’s accounts of synesthesia.

    The circumstances that are necessary to promote neuroplasticity weren’t clear when I was in skool, but the fastest way to get a credible answer on the internet is to be wrong about something, so I’m going to claim it was 95.6% magic.

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        1 year ago

        Lysergemise deez nuts…

        But in good faith and context, what are the differences in action potentials? Is it worth writing about? That’s an actual question, because (apologies) I’m stoned as fuck.

        Also, how is it suddenly not a tryptamine?

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          It’s all good homie lol.

          It’s not a tryptamine because that’s a different molecule altogether. LSD is a lysergic acid, while psilocybin or DMT are tryptamines

          Best way I can describe them is that lysergamide is like meeting the universe, while tryptamine is like being one with the universe.