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Amanda Feilding is affiliated with the Beckley Foundation in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses extensively on the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to clinical psychology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their work crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, also involving organic chemistry, nutrition and dietetics, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The primary topics covered in Feilding's research include psychedelics and drug studies, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, complementary and alternative medicine studies, tryptophan and brain disorders, and cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Me, myself, bye: regional alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissolution with psilocybin (2020), Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing (2021), eLife
  • Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers (2020), ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • Spontaneous and deliberate creative cognition during and after psilocybin exposure (2021), Translational Psychiatry
  • Mood and cognition after administration of low LSD doses in healthy volunteers: A placebo controlled dose-effect finding study (2020), European Neuropsychopharmacology

Feilding frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Natasha L. Mason, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Kim P. C. Kuypers, Nadia R. P. W. Hutten, and Eef L. Theunissen. These partnerships have contributed to a cohesive body of work exploring various aspects of psychedelic substances and their effects on cognition and brain chemistry.

Their research has been published repeatedly in several notable venues, such as:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology

The recurrent themes in Feilding's work highlight an interest in the neurochemical and behavioral effects of psychedelics, alongside investigations into biochemical methods to analyze these processes. The integration of complementary medicine and nutritional factors also forms part of their broader scientific inquiry.

Best Publications

  • Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Mark Bolstridge;James Rucker;Camilla M. J. Day

  • The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs

    Robin Lester Carhart-Harris;Robert Leech;Peter John Hellyer;Murray Shanahan

  • Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;David Erritzoe;Tim Williams;James M. Stone

  • Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up.

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;M. Bolstridge;M. Bolstridge;C.M.J. Day;C.M.J. Day;J. Rucker;J. Rucker

  • Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen

  • Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Enzo Tagliazucchi;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen;Csaba Orban

  • Broadband Cortical Desynchronization Underlies the Human Psychedelic State

    Suresh D Muthukumaraswamy;Robin L Carhart-Harris;Rosalyn J Moran;Matthew J Brookes

  • Cannabidiol inhibits THC-elicited paranoid symptoms and hippocampal-dependent memory impairment

    Amir Englund;Paul D Morrison;Judith Nottage;Dominic Hague

  • Finding the self by losing the self: Neural correlates of ego‐dissolution under psilocybin

    Alexander V. Lebedev;Alexander V. Lebedev;Martin Lövdén;Gidon Rosenthal;Amanda Feilding

  • The paradoxical psychological effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;M. Kaelen;M. Bolstridge;T. M. Williams

  • LSD enhances suggestibility in healthy volunteers

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;M. Kaelen;M. G. Whalley;M. Bolstridge

  • LSD-induced entropic brain activity predicts subsequent personality change.

    Alexander V. Lebedev;M. Kaelen;Martin Lövdén;Jonna Nilsson

  • Implications for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: functional magnetic resonance imaging study with psilocybin

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;R. Leech;T. M. Williams;D. Erritzoe

  • The hidden therapist: evidence for a central role of music in psychedelic therapy

    Mendel Kaelen;Bruna Giribaldi;Jordan Raine;Lisa Evans

  • The effects of psilocybin and MDMA on between-network resting state functional connectivity in healthy volunteers.

    Leor Roseman;Robert Leech;Amanda Feilding;David J. Nutt

  • Functional Connectivity Measures After Psilocybin Inform a Novel Hypothesis of Early Psychosis

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Robert Leech;David Erritzoe;Tim M Williams

  • Exploring the therapeutic potential of Ayahuasca: acute intake increases mindfulness-related capacities

    Joaquim Soler;Matilde Elices;Alba Franquesa;Steven Barker

  • Ayahuasca: Pharmacology, neuroscience and therapeutic potential.

    Elisabet Domínguez-Clavé;Joaquim Soler;Matilde Elices;Juan C. Pascual

  • Me, myself, bye: regional alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissolution with psilocybin

    N. L. Mason;K. P. C. Kuypers;F. Müller;F. Müller;J. Reckweg

  • The Effects of Acutely Administered 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine on Spontaneous Brain Function in Healthy Volunteers Measured with Arterial Spin Labeling and Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Resting State Functional Connectivity

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Kevin Murphy;Robert Leech;David Erritzoe

  • Assessing the Psychedelic "After-Glow" in Ayahuasca Users: Post-Acute Neurometabolic and Functional Connectivity Changes Are Associated with Enhanced Mindfulness Capacities.

    Frederic Sampedro;Mario de la Fuente Revenga;Marta Valle;Natalia Roberto

  • Inhibition of alpha oscillations through serotonin-2A receptor activation underlies the visual effects of ayahuasca in humans

    Marta Valle;Ana Elda Maqueda;Mireia Rabella;Aina Rodríguez-Pujadas

  • LSD enhances the emotional response to music.

    M. Kaelen;F. S. Barrett;L. Roseman;R. Lorenz

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Robin L. Carhart-Harris
Robin L. Carhart-Harris University of California, San Francisco
Robert Leech
Robert Leech King's College London
David Erritzoe
David Erritzoe Imperial College London
Matthew B. Wall
Matthew B. Wall Imperial College London
Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy
Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy University of Auckland
Kim P. C. Kuypers
Kim P. C. Kuypers Maastricht University
James M. Stone
James M. Stone Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Eef L. Theunissen
Eef L. Theunissen Maastricht University
Celia J. A. Morgan
Celia J. A. Morgan University of Exeter

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