Liechti ME

Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedicine and Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Schanzenstrasse 55, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.

2 preprints · 90 papers · ORCID

PreprintPsilocybin

Psychedelics Restructure the Global Workspace of Consciousness

Yousefi P, Shinozuka K, Vizeli P +8

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Low-dose lysergic acid diethylamide alters subjective visual perception but not visual contrast surround suppression.

Jaeckel LF, Logvinski D, Kanana M +5

Europe PMC2026
ArticleLSD

LSD therapy: A few hundred meters from where it began.

Müller F, Becker AM, Böhlke C +2

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Cardiovascular effects associated with acute recreational drug toxicity presentations to the emergency department: a European drug emergencies network (Euro-DEN plus) study.

van den Busken WJ, Dines AM, Eyer F +9

Europe PMC2026
ArticleLSD

Effects of repeated low-dose LSD on neuropsychological functioning in adults with ADHD: a randomized placebo-controlled study.

Haijen-Bongers ECHM, Hurks PPM, Schepers J +6

Europe PMC2026
ArticleMDMA

Comparison of acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) with and without a supplemental booster dose in healthy participants: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

Humbert-Droz M, Becker AM, Valenta J +6

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Integrating the Mystical Experience Questionnaire Into a Broader Psychometric Framework: English Validation of the Psychedelic Experience Scale and Comparison of Psilocybin and LSD Sessions Across Two Controlled Settings.

Stocker K, Hartmann M, Barrett FS +6

Europe PMC2026
ArticleMDMA

Development of the MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Side Effects Tool (M-SET): a Delphi study.

Colcott J, Guerin AA, Carter O +10

Europe PMC2026
ArticleLSD

Neuroplastic white matter changes in patients with major depression following lysergic acid diethylamide treatment.

Avram M, Menegaux A, Müller F +7

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Acute dose-dependent effects of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) compared with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and psilocybin in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in healthy participants.

Arikci D, Borgulya J, Straumann I +8

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function.

Girn M, Doss MK, Roseman L +24

Europe PMC2026
ArticleDMT

Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics and acute effects of intravenous bolus N,N-dimethyltryptamine: double-blind, randomized versus open-label dose-escalation administration study in healthy participants.

Erne L, Mueller L, Straumann I +7

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Pharmacological Properties of Psychedelics with a Special Focus on Potential Harms.

Holze F, Liechti ME, Müller F

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

The 3D-ASCr scale: A revalidation of the core dimensions of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale 5D(11)-ASC for psychedelic research.

Stocker K, Hartmann M, Schmid Y +10

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsychedelics

Receptor interaction profiles of 4-alkoxy-2,6-dimethoxyphenethylamines (Ψ derivatives) and related amphetamines.

Kolaczynska KE, Trachsel D, Hoener MC +2

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsychedelics

The 4-alkyl chain length of 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamines differentially affects in vitro serotonin receptor actions versus in vivo psychedelic-like effects.

Luethi D, Glatfelter GC, Pottie E +12

Europe PMC2026
ArticleMDMA

Acute effects of MDMA, MDA, lysine-MDMA, and lysine-MDA in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial in healthy participants.

Straumann I, Vizeli P, Avedisian I +7

Europe PMC2026
ArticleLSD

A randomised placebo-controlled study of the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide microdosing (15 μg) on pain perception in healthy volunteers.

Cavarra M, Hutten NRPW, Schepers J +7

Europe PMC2025
ArticleKetamine

Development and Validation of a Rapid LC-MS/MS Method for Plasma Analysis of Ketamine, Norketamine, Dehydronorketamine, and Hydroxynorketamine.

Thomann J, Kraus S, Erne L +3

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

Implementing psychedelic-assisted therapy: History and characteristics of the Swiss limited medical use program.

Liechti ME, Gasser P, Aicher HD +3

Europe PMC2025
ArticleMescaline

Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Urinary Recovery of Oral Mescaline Hydrochloride in Healthy Participants.

Mueller L, Klaiber A, Ley L +5

Europe PMC2025
ArticleMDMA

The effect of MDMA on anterior pituitary hormones: a secondary analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Atila C, Camerin SJ, Liechti ME +1

Europe PMC2025
ArticleLSD

Efficacy and safety of low- versus high-dose-LSD-assisted therapy in patients with major depression: A randomized trial.

Müller F, Zaczek H, Becker AM +8

Europe PMC2025
ArticleLSD

Safety and Efficacy of Repeated Low-Dose LSD for ADHD Treatment in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Mueller L, Santos de Jesus J, Schmid Y +9

Europe PMC2025
ArticleLSD

Absolute Oral Bioavailability and Bioequivalence of LSD Base and Tartrate in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study.

Arikci D, Holze F, Mueller L +5

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

Clinical pharmacology.

Vogt SB, Liechti ME

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

Motivation and retrospective appraisal of psychedelic study participation: a qualitative study in healthy volunteers.

Ley L, Liechti ME, Becker AM +6

Europe PMC2025
ArticleLSD

Acute Effects and Pharmacokinetics of LSD after Paroxetine or Placebo Pre-Administration in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Cross-Over Phase I Trial.

Becker AM, Humbert-Droz M, Mueller L +10

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

A Field-Wide Review and Analysis of Study Materials Used in Psilocybin Trials: Assessment of Two Decades of Research.

Yaden DB, Graziosi M, Owen AM +39

Europe PMC2025
ArticleMDMA

Treatment of neuropathic pain with repeated low-dose MDMA: a case report.

Gasser P, Liechti ME, Holze F

Europe PMC2025
ArticleDMT

Acute dose-dependent effects and self-guided titration of continuous N,N-dimethyltryptamine infusions in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy participants.

Erne L, Vogt SB, Müller L +9

Europe PMC2025
ArticleMescaline

Safety pharmacology of acute mescaline administration in healthy participants.

Klaiber A, Humbert-Droz M, Ley L +2

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Oxytocin and the Role of Fluid Restriction in MDMA-Induced Hyponatremia: A Secondary Analysis of 4 Randomized Clinical Trials.

Atila C, Straumann I, Vizeli P +5

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMescaline

Acute dose-dependent effects of mescaline in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects.

Klaiber A, Schmid Y, Becker AM +6

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

Naturalistic psychedelic therapy: The role of relaxation and subjective drug effects in antidepressant response.

Calder AE, Rausch B, Liechti ME +2

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Large-scale brain connectivity changes following the administration of lysergic acid diethylamide, d-amphetamine, and 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine.

Avram M, Fortea L, Wollner L +10

Europe PMC2025
ArticleLSD

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological predictors of the LSD experience in healthy participants.

Vizeli P, Studerus E, Holze F +8

Europe PMC2024
ArticleLSD

LSD-assisted therapy in patients with anxiety: open-label prospective 12-month follow-up.

Holze F, Gasser P, Müller F +2

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Acute effects of R-MDMA, S-MDMA, and racemic MDMA in a randomized double-blind cross-over trial in healthy participants.

Straumann I, Avedisian I, Klaiber A +5

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is a connectogen with empathogenic, entactogenic, and still further connective properties: It is time to reconcile "the great entactogen-empathogen debate".

Stocker K, Liechti ME

Europe PMC2024
ArticleLSD

Inter-individual variability in neural response to low doses of LSD.

Hutten NRPW, Quaedflieg CWEM, Mason NL +7

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

<i>In vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> metabolism of psilocybin's active metabolite psilocin.

Thomann J, Kolaczynska KE, Stoeckmann OV +7

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

Safety pharmacology of acute psilocybin administration in healthy participants.

Straumann I, Holze F, Becker AM +3

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

Serotonergic Psychedelics: A Comparative Review of Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Binding Profile.

Holze F, Singh N, Liechti ME +1

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

Knowledge gaps in psychedelic medicalisation: Clinical studies and regulatory aspects.

E-Wen McCulloch D, Liechti ME, Kuypers KP +9

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

The revival of the psychedelic experience scale: Revealing its extended-mystical, visual, and distressing experiential spectrum with LSD and psilocybin studies.

Stocker K, Hartmann M, Ley L +3

Europe PMC2024
ArticleKetamine

Case report: Maintaining altered states of consciousness over repeated ketamine infusions may be key to facilitate long-lasting antidepressant effects: some initial lessons from a personalized-dosing single-case study.

Reissmann S, Hartmann M, Kist A +2

Europe PMC2023
ArticleLSD

Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and urinary recovery of oral lysergic acid diethylamide administration in healthy participants.

Holze F, Erne L, Duthaler U +1

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Effective Connectivity of Thalamocortical Interactions Following d-Amphetamine, LSD, and MDMA Administration.

Avram M, Müller F, Preller KH +8

Europe PMC2024
ArticleMDMA

Acute effects of MDMA and LSD co-administration in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy participants.

Straumann I, Ley L, Holze F +7

Europe PMC2023
ArticlePsilocybin

Comparative acute effects of mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide, and psilocybin in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study in healthy participants.

Ley L, Holze F, Arikci D +11

Europe PMC2023
ArticleDMT

Acute effects of intravenous DMT in a randomized placebo-controlled study in healthy participants.

Vogt SB, Ley L, Erne L +12

Europe PMC2023
ArticleLSD

The effect of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on whole-brain functional and effective connectivity.

Bedford P, Hauke DJ, Wang Z +9

Europe PMC2023
ArticleLSD

Ketanserin Reverses the Acute Response to LSD in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study in Healthy Participants.

Becker AM, Klaiber A, Holze F +5

Europe PMC2023
ArticlePsilocybin

Classic psychedelics do not affect T cell and monocyte immune responses.

Rudin D, Areesanan A, Liechti ME +1

Europe PMC2023
ArticlePsilocybin

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral Psilocybin Administration in Healthy Participants.

Holze F, Becker AM, Kolaczynska KE +2

Europe PMC2023
ArticlePsychedelics

Use of the head-twitch response to investigate the structure-activity relationships of 4-thio-substituted 2,5-dimethoxyphenylalkylamines.

Halberstadt AL, Luethi D, Hoener MC +3

Europe PMC2023
ArticleDMT

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the bioanalysis of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and its metabolites DMT-N-oxide and indole-3-acetic acid in human plasma.

Luethi D, Kolaczynska KE, Vogt SB +4

Europe PMC2022
PreprintLSD

The effect of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on whole-brain functional and effective connectivity

Bedford P, Hauke DJ, Wang Z +9

Europe PMC2022
ArticleLSD

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-Assisted Therapy in Patients With Anxiety With and Without a Life-Threatening Illness: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study.

Holze F, Gasser P, Müller F +2

Europe PMC2023
ArticleMescaline

Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of mescaline and major metabolites in human plasma.

Thomann J, Ley L, Klaiber A +2

Europe PMC2022
ArticleKetamine

Buddhist-like opposite diminishing and non-judging during ketamine infusion are associated with antidepressant response: an open-label personalized-dosing study.

Stocker K, Hartmann M, Reissmann S +2

Europe PMC2022
ArticleMDMA

Characterizing Thalamocortical (Dys)connectivity Following D-Amphetamine, LSD, and MDMA Administration.

Avram M, Müller F, Rogg H +7

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsilocybin

Direct comparison of the acute effects of lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects.

Holze F, Ley L, Müller F +10

Europe PMC2022
ArticleMescaline

Receptor Interaction Profiles of 4-Alkoxy-3,5-Dimethoxy-Phenethylamines (Mescaline Derivatives) and Related Amphetamines.

Kolaczynska KE, Luethi D, Trachsel D +2

Europe PMC2021
ArticlePsilocybin

Flashback phenomena after administration of LSD and psilocybin in controlled studies with healthy participants.

Müller F, Kraus E, Holze F +6

Europe PMC2022
ArticleMDMA

Dosing Psychedelics and MDMA.

Liechti ME, Holze F

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsilocybin

Acute Effects of Psilocybin After Escitalopram or Placebo Pretreatment in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study in Healthy Subjects.

Becker AM, Holze F, Grandinetti T +8

Europe PMC2022
ArticleLSD

Safety pharmacology of acute LSD administration in healthy subjects.

Holze F, Caluori TV, Vizeli P +1

Europe PMC2022
ArticleLSD

Role of the 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> Receptor in Acute Effects of LSD on Empathy and Circulating Oxytocin.

Holze F, Avedisian I, Varghese N +2

Europe PMC2021
ArticleLSD

Genetic influence of CYP2D6 on pharmacokinetics and acute subjective effects of LSD in a pooled analysis.

Vizeli P, Straumann I, Holze F +3

Europe PMC2021
ArticleMDMA

Prediction of MDMA response in healthy humans: a pooled analysis of placebo-controlled studies.

Studerus E, Vizeli P, Harder S +2

Europe PMC2021
ArticlePsilocybin

Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the bioanalysis of psilocybin's main metabolites, psilocin and 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid, in human plasma.

Kolaczynska KE, Liechti ME, Duthaler U

Europe PMC2021
ArticleMDMA

MDMA-induced changes in within-network connectivity contradict the specificity of these alterations for the effects of serotonergic hallucinogens.

Müller F, Holze F, Dolder P +5

Europe PMC2021
ArticleLSD

Treatment of a Complex Personality Disorder Using Repeated Doses of LSD-A Case Report on Significant Improvements in the Absence of Acute Drug Effects.

Müller F, Mühlhauser M, Holze F +4

Europe PMC2020
ArticleLSD

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Microdoses in Healthy Participants.

Holze F, Liechti ME, Hutten NRPW +7

Europe PMC2021
ArticleLSD

Mood and cognition after administration of low LSD doses in healthy volunteers: A placebo controlled dose-effect finding study.

Hutten NRPW, Mason NL, Dolder PC +6

Europe PMC2020
ArticleLSD

Acute dose-dependent effects of lysergic acid diethylamide in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects.

Holze F, Vizeli P, Ley L +8

Europe PMC2021
ArticleMDMA

Acute subjective effects in LSD- and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.

Schmid Y, Gasser P, Oehen P +1

Europe PMC2021
ArticleLSD

Low Doses of LSD Acutely Increase BDNF Blood Plasma Levels in Healthy Volunteers.

Hutten NRPW, Mason NL, Dolder PC +8

Europe PMC2021
ArticleLSD

A low dose of lysergic acid diethylamide decreases pain perception in healthy volunteers.

Ramaekers JG, Hutten N, Mason NL +6

Europe PMC2021
ArticleKetamine

Designer drugs: mechanism of action and adverse effects.

Luethi D, Liechti ME

Europe PMC2020
ArticleMDMA

Distinct acute effects of LSD, MDMA, and D-amphetamine in healthy subjects.

Holze F, Vizeli P, Müller F +6

Europe PMC2020
ArticlePsychedelics

Monoamine Transporter and Receptor Interaction Profiles in Vitro Predict Reported Human Doses of Novel Psychoactive Stimulants and Psychedelics.

Luethi D, Liechti ME

Europe PMC2018
ArticlePsilocybin

Advances and challenges in neuroimaging studies on the effects of serotonergic hallucinogens: Contributions of the resting brain.

Müller F, Liechti ME, Lang UE +1

Europe PMC2018
ArticleLSD

Altered network hub connectivity after acute LSD administration.

Müller F, Dolder PC, Schmidt A +2

Europe PMC2018
ArticleLSD

Long-lasting subjective effects of LSD in normal subjects.

Schmid Y, Liechti ME

Europe PMC2018
ArticleLSD

Modern Clinical Research on LSD.

Liechti ME

Europe PMC2017
ArticleLSD

Acute effects of LSD on amygdala activity during processing of fearful stimuli in healthy subjects.

Mueller F, Lenz C, Dolder PC +5

Europe PMC2017
ArticleLSD

Alterations of consciousness and mystical-type experiences after acute LSD in humans.

Liechti ME, Dolder PC, Schmid Y

Europe PMC2017
ArticleLSD

LSD Acutely Impairs Fear Recognition and Enhances Emotional Empathy and Sociality.

Dolder PC, Schmid Y, Müller F +2

Europe PMC2016
ArticlePsilocybin

Receptor interaction profiles of novel psychoactive tryptamines compared with classic hallucinogens.

Rickli A, Moning OD, Hoener MC +1

Europe PMC2016