Steven A. Barker

Louisiana State University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Psychedelics and Drug Studies(24), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography(21), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(16), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy(16), Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety(16)

Publications183 total

Simple Analogs of the LSD D-Ring: A Consideration of Structure–Activity Relationships and Their Potential as Therapeutics
ACS Chemical Neuroscience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Prostate Cancer Screening Practices Among High-Risk Patients: A Retrospective Analysis
American Journal of Men s Health·2025Open Access
N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in rodent brain: Concentrations, distribution, and recent pharmacological data
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2025· 3 cited
Metastatic salivary duct carcinoma presenting as cannonball lung lesions on radiology: Case Report
Research Square (Research Square)·2024Open Access
Correction to: Administration of N,N‑dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in psychedelic therapeutics and research and the study of endogenous DMT
Psychopharmacology·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Administration of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in psychedelic therapeutics and research and the study of endogenous DMT
Psychopharmacology·2022· 58 citedOpen Access
Pharmahuasca and DMT Rescue ROS Production and Differentially Expressed Genes Observed after Predator and Psychosocial Stress: Relevance to Human PTSD
ACS Chemical Neuroscience·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Pharmahuasca Reduces ROS Production and inflammatory Gene Expression in the Brain in a Model of PTSD: Exploration by RNA Sequencing
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Biosynthesis and Extracellular Concentrations of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in Mammalian Brain
Scientific Reports·2019· 106 citedOpen Access
N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an Endogenous Hallucinogen: Past, Present, and Future Research to Determine Its Role and Function
Frontiers in Neuroscience·2018· 169 citedOpen Access
N,N-dimethyltryptamine facts and myths
Journal of Psychopharmacology·2018· 4 cited
Assessing the Psychedelic “After-Glow” in Ayahuasca Users: Post-Acute Neurometabolic and Functional Connectivity Changes Are Associated with Enhanced Mindfulness Capacities
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·2017· 196 citedOpen Access
Ayahuasca enhances creative divergent thinking while decreasing conventional convergent thinking
Psychopharmacology·2016· 199 citedOpen Access
Cardiomyopathy in a Harris hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2016· 15 cited
Inhibition of alpha oscillations through serotonin-2A receptor activation underlies the visual effects of ayahuasca in humans
European Neuropsychopharmacology·2016· 171 citedOpen Access
Naltrexone but Not Ketanserin Antagonizes the Subjective, Cardiovascular, and Neuroendocrine Effects of Salvinorin-A in Humans
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·2016· 31 citedOpen Access
Exploring the therapeutic potential of Ayahuasca: acute intake increases mindfulness-related capacities
Psychopharmacology·2015· 208 cited
Acute Biphasic Effects of Ayahuasca
PLoS ONE·2015· 112 citedOpen Access
Salvinorin-A Induces Intense Dissociative Effects, Blocking External Sensory Perception and Modulating Interoception and Sense of Body Ownership in Humans
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology·2015· 72 citedOpen Access
On the transmethylation hypothesis: stress, N,N-dimethyltryptamine, and positive symptoms of psychosis
Journal of Neural Transmission·2014· 29 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Jordi Riba(10), Ethan H. McIlhenny(7), Charles R. Short(6), Rick J. Strassman(6), Marta Valle(5), Austin R Long(4), John A. Monti(4), Samuel T. Christian(4), Lily C. Hsieh(4), Pablo Friedländer(3), Amanda Feilding(3), Marian Waguespack(3), José Carlos Bouso(3), Manel J. Barbanoj(3), Joaquim Soler(2), Matilde Elices(2), Juan Carlos Pascual(2), Mario de la Fuente Revenga(2), Michael Cain(2), Robert Weber(2)