Photos

Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich also known as “Burghölzli“, main entrance. © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Burghölzli: sheep and cafeteria © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Laboratory “Neuropsychopharmacology and Brain Imaging“ at Burghölzli © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Lab head Prof. Franz X. Vollenweider © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Franz X. Vollenweider © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Psilocybin capsules © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Psilocybin capsules for experiment © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Preparation of EEG cap for psilocybin experiment © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Psilocybin experiment © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

EEG laboratory © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

PET scan of ketamin intoxication © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Preparing ketamin infusion © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

PET scan of ketamin intoxication © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

PET scan of ketamin intoxication © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

PET scan of ketamin intoxication © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Test subject with computer goggles © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

PET scan of ketamin intoxication © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Pharmacologist Felix Hasler cooking a radioactive tracer for a PET scan © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Hot-Labor II: Synthesis of radioactive tracer © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Hot-Labor II: Synthesis of radioactive tracer © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Hot-Labor II: Synthesis of radioactive tracer © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Hot-Labor II: Synthesis of radioactive tracer © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

End product: Radioactive tracer in green lead container © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Pharmacopsychologist Boris Quednow reciting poems © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Albert Hofmann‘s 100th Birthday: LSD Symposium at Basel Convention Center, 2006 © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

LSD Symposium: Albert Hofmann and Felix Hasler © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Divining the future of LSD © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Techno club Dachkantine, dancefloor before party © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Mobile drug checking laboratory at Hive Club, Zurich © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Druck checking lab at Dachkantine, Zurich © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Druck checking lab at Dachkantine, Zurich © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

High Performance Liquid Chromatographer at Dachkantine © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Dachkantine, announcements concerning drug checking © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

UCSD Hillcrest Campus, San Diego © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

The Geyer Lab, San Diego © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Animal Shocker for measurement of prepulse inhibition (PPI) © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Rat in startle chamber (for PPI measurement) © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Rat in startle chamber (for PPI measurement) © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Rat hunt: two deidentifiable lab technicians looking for a rat on DMT © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Deidentifiable lab technician with motion tracking boxes © 2008 by Nicolas Langlitz

Neuropsychedelia

The book Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain is based on anthropological fieldwork on two psychopharmacology laboratories in Zurich and San Diego. This is a selection of photos taken in the field in Switzerland and California.