Structure of LSD and its receptor explains its potency
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 14:32
in Biology & Nature
Lysergic acid diethylamide -- more commonly known as 'LSD' or simply 'acid' -- is one of the longest lasting and most potent hallucinogens, but researchers have never understood why LSD's effects linger for 12 hours or more. The key to the drug's psychedelic longevity lies in how it fits into receptors in the brain.