Fred Barrett

Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit

🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!

We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.

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Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics

YouTube video by European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Psychedelics and plasticity: from synapses to cognition | 38th ECNP Congress preview

How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze.
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...

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Today, Trump declared war on his own citizens, calling for U.S. cities to be used as “training grounds” for troops to confront what he called an “invasion from within.” Americans are a proud people, and no one (foreign or domestic) will threaten our home.

Interested in bridging the translatability gap between mice and humans, specifically with regard to psychedelics? Have I got an opportunity for you! Join us for an interactive and stimulating pre-meeting before #SfN2025. @theborislab.bsky.social @bita37.bsky.social @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social

great work with Megan Hosein, Zach Cordner, and the NNDC Task group on psychedelics and related compounds - grateful to co-chair with @TrishaSuppesMD

Congrats to some excellent scientists, including @manojdoss.bsky.social and @ryanntansey.bsky.social !!!

GRC Neurobiology of Psychedelics conference (July 13-18, 2025).

Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks!

We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.

w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social

Pride isn’t a month it’s choosing authenticity every day. The rainbow flags represent decades of people who refused to hide. Your existence is already an act of courage. 🏳️‍🌈​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Happy pride month !

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Dear god let this man cook.

This. More of this. Much more of this. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov

I'm a member of the NIMH BSC. The members who were fired are outstanding scientists, which is why they were appointed to the BSC in the first place. Their firing for unspecified reasons is unconscionable.

edit: ... top LEFT-hand corner of your citation list ...

To do this, when viewing your own profile there is a button with a "+" sign toward the top right-hand corner of your citation list. Clicking that button, you can "Configure article updates", then select "Don't automatically update my profile. Send me email to review and confirm updates."

First, I would go through and delete anything that a) isn't yours, b) is duplicate, and c) isn't peer-reviewed.

Second, I would make sure that your profile is set up to not automatically add things - this way, you can confirm what is real before it is added to your profile ...

Thanks @eeschenberg.bsky.social!!

For Google Scholar, I make sure to only accept real peer-reviewed articles. There are occassionally conference abstracts and/or popular press, and sometimes (depending on your name) other folks articles that may appear or be erroneously linked to your profile ...

Thanks, Matt!!!!

gotta celebrate all small victories - I just passed 10k citations on google scholar :) only legit peer-reviewed articles (this can be a fickle and deceptive number depending on what items make it on the list).

Keep good Google Scholar hygiene, people!

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🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity?

Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states.

Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context
Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d

A thread 🧵👇 1/n

Schumer needs to go. Doesn't matter the outcome at this point.

For the democrats saying “we can’t let the govt shut down” you’ve already lost. It’s not on you.

Republicans control everything, didn’t come to you for anything except your vote. Where else can you force changes? You can’t… you’re a willing participant in Republican majority

Call your representatives every day.

Every.
Single.
Day.

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CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre.
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We're hiring a postdoc! Gain experience in clinical trial management, psilocybin therapy, data analysis, writing, and grantsmanship—preparing for an independent clinical science career.

Interested applicants may email CV & cover letter to Dr. Brandon Weiss (bweiss13@jh.edu).

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

NIH is the best investment there is.

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Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America-> AG Pam Bondi has eviscerated the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, NBC News reports, in another sign that rampant unrestrained public corruption will be a defining feature of the Trump era.

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Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

call your representatives every day.

Every.
Single.
Day.

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Call your representatives.

Every day.

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bullying smaller or less capable people (countries) is not a sign of strength. generosity and support is not weakness. having people’s backs is not equivalent to being taken advantage of. we were stronger when we believed in the value of our own moral imperative, and when we acted accordingly.