Charles Nichols Interview [1/3]

Charles D. Nichols, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He previously trained with Dr. Elaine Sander-Bush at Vanderbilt Univsersity. He has been investigating the effects of serotonergic agents, including halucinogens, on gene expression patterns in the prefrontal cortex. He has also developed a genetic model system using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to study and elucidate the pathways linking serotonergic drug action at neurotransmitter receptors to specific behaviors. Together, these mammalian and fly models represent an an important new direction for understanding the molecular basis of hallucinogenic drug action and how they influence behaviors.
http://www.heffter.org/pages/advisors.html


"In the second of our new series of verbal psychedelic journeys live from the Psychedelicatessen, hallucin-anchor KMO and entheo-pundit Max Freakout venture behind the curtain to bring you information on legal highs, particularly Salvia Divinorum, discuss the abandonment of mass-media by an ever-increasing self-educated cyberclass, and the growth of the term "entheogen" with Psychedelic Podfather Lorenzo Hagerty of the Psychedelic Salon, and also welcome LSD researcher Charles Nichols from Louisiana State University to the show to discuss the brain science behind the LSD experience, and whether Tim Leary was good or bad for the mind-expansion movement."

Download the complete podcast here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/dopecast/Psychonautica002.mp3

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• LSD
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• psychonautic
• phenethylamines
• neuroscience
• pharmacology
• chemistry
• psychedelics
• psychopharmacology
• serotonin

[kevdev7]

interesting, but music in background very distracting!

[Baalsaack]

Is he related to David Nichols, the founder of Heffter Research Institute? His son?