Teaching a new dog old tricks: bringing rigor, grounding, and specificity to psychedelic neuropsychopharmacology

Nathan H Heller^{1

2}, Frederick S Barrett^{3

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, USA.
² Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 39107542
PMCID: PMC11526001
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01954-8

Teaching a new dog old tricks: bringing rigor, grounding, and specificity to psychedelic neuropsychopharmacology

Nathan H Heller et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;50(1):324-325.

doi: 10.1038/s41386-024-01954-8.

Authors

Nathan H Heller^{1

2}, Frederick S Barrett^{3

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, USA.
² Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. fbarrett@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 39107542
PMCID: PMC11526001
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01954-8

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Correction: Neuropsychopharmacology Volume 50 Issue 1.
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Conflict of interest statement

FSB has received research funding from the Wana Brand Foundation, is a scientific advisor for WavePaths, Ltd, has received compensation as a consultant for Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Inc, and has received compensation as a consultant for and holds stock in MindState Design Labs, LLC. These entities have had no role in the conception of this article, or the decision to publish. NHH has no competing interests to disclose.

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