"Hallucinogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs capable of inducing illusions, hallucinations, delusions, paranoid ideations, and other alterations of mood and thinking. Despite the name, the feature that distinguishes these agents from other classes of drugs is their capacity to induce states of altered perception, thought, and feeling that are not experienced otherwise.
| Descriptor ID |
D006213
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.388 D27.505.954.427.700.372
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| Concept/Terms |
Hallucinogens- Hallucinogens
- Psychotomimetic Agents
- Agents, Psychotomimetic
- Hallucinogenic Agents
- Agents, Hallucinogenic
- Hallucinogenic Substances
- Substances, Hallucinogenic
- Psychedelics
- Psychedelic Agents
- Agents, Psychedelic
- Hallucinogenic Drugs
- Drugs, Hallucinogenic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hallucinogens" by people in Profiles.
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Low-dose ketamine with multimodal postcesarean delivery analgesia: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2011 Jan; 20(1):3-9.
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Prenatal 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) alters exploratory behavior, reduces monoamine metabolism, and increases forebrain tyrosine hydroxylase fiber density of juvenile rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2003 Sep-Oct; 25(5):509-17.
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LSD and other related hallucinogens elicit myoclonic jumping behavior in the guinea pig. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1989; 13(1-2):199-210.