Brain Balance
During the Soviet Era, and especially at the end when the US and the Soviet Union were in the middle of the Cold War, Scientific Discoveries on each side became more isolated from each other and there was a split in the Scientific Communities of the East and the West and the directions of their Scientific Research. And this split has lasted in to today. An example of this is the Russian Perspective on Olympic Athletes Doping. Over the last 10-20 years there are a large number of Molecules that have become listed as banned for Olympic Athletes, but in Russia they prescribe these kinds of Molecules to people all across the country. Another example is Piracetam, which in the US not considered a Medicine, but it is known to improve cognitive function, and is prescribed in Russia to improve Cognitive function.
This paper explains some of the Pharmacological Contributions of the Soviet Union
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.pa.08.040168.000325?journalCode=pharmtox.1
This paper explains some of the Physiological Contributions of the Soviet Union
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11896000
And because the US had recently dropped a Nuclear Bomb on Japan, the Soviet Union also did research on the role of Tryptamines as Anti-Radiological medicines which also lead to Research into the role of Trypamines, such as Melatonin, in the brain
http://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(04)00246-9/abstract?cc=y=
A lot of people have heard of Government projects where Psychedelics were tested for different purposes. A well Documented example is Edgewood Arsenal, where an array of Psychoactive Molecules were tested on volunteers in the Airforce. But many people do not realize that during this time Psychedelics were being used in Psychiatry with great success. The best example is MDMA, now called Ecstasy, which during the 70s was considered a Miracle drug for all kinds of Psychiatric treatment.
These research papers explain the use of Hallucinogenics in Psychiatric therapy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7891058
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9754835
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16086535
This paper explains extremely recent research (Published in 2016) into MDMA and Psilocybin in Psychiatric therapy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27067625
This paper shows that Psychedelics like Psilocybin and Mescaline do not cause long term Mental health problems
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747247/
This paper shows where Native Americans who use Peyote (Mescaline) regularly were tested against Alcoholics, and the Native Americans showed no deficit in neuropsychological performance, while the Alcoholics showed a strong deficit
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16271313
This is basically an entire scientific field that was left hanging after the Cold War
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