Psychedelics and Addiction - Can You Reroute Your Brain?

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Dr. Barbara Sorgh is a senior scientist and a chair of neuroscience at Portland's Legacy Research Institute. She studies co-addicted rats or agents in the prefrontal cortex to disrupt consolidation of the memories associated with cocaine thereby suppressing drug seeking behavior and relapse. Dr. Sorgh says some people just because of their neurobiology predisposed toward addiction are there a part of the brain that houses more memories that are related to addiction? "I see it changing yeah part of this meeting is trying to catch up with the latest technologies"

I’m at the airport and there are hundreds of brain scientists everywhere. So I swallowed my dignity/anxiety and approached strangers about the neuroscience they do. The result is a bushel of info on cravings, sleep, consciousness, addiction, dopamine, monogamy, Ozempic, toxins in your brain and so much more with: Georgia Kirkpatrick, Isabella Montana, Dr. Marissa Co, Chancey Garrett, Noah Millman, Pique Choi, Dr. Barbara Sorg and Elizabeth Plunk. Oops, we just made a bunch of new friends. All thanks to poster tubes, a.k.a: nerdurdurs.

A donation went to the Society for Neuroscience at SFN.org

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