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ArticleCurrent psychopharmacology2021

Epigenetic Repair of Terrifying Lucid Dreams by Enhanced Brain Reward Functional Connectivity and Induction of Dopaminergic Homeostatic Signaling.

Kenneth Blum, Thomas McLaughlin, Edward J Modestino, David Baron, Abdalla Bowirrat, Raymond Brewer, Bruce Steinberg, A Kenison Roy, Marcello Febo, Rajendra D Badgaiyan and 1 more

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Article in Current psychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenneth BlumWestern University Health Sciences, Pomona, CA., USA.
Thomas McLaughlinCenter for Psychiatric Medicine, Laurence, MA., USA.
Edward J ModestinoDepartment of Psychology, Curry College, Milton. MA., USA.
David BaronDepartment Psychiatry, Wright University, Boonshoff School of Medicine, Dayton, OH., USA.
Abdalla BowirratDepartment of Neuroscience and Genetics, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel.
Raymond BrewerDivision of Nutrigenomics, Geneus Genomic Testing Center, Geneus Health, LLC., San Antonio, TX., USA.
Bruce SteinbergDepartment of Psychology, Curry College, Milton. MA., USA.
A Kenison RoyDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Tulane, New Orleans, LA., USA.
Marcello FeboDepartment of Psychiatry, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.USA.
Rajendra D BadgaiyanDepartment of Psychiatry, Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.& Department of Psychiatry, South Texas Veteran Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Marks S GoldDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. USA.
Curry College · USAriel University · ILChristus Health · USMount Sinai Hospital · USTulane University · USUniversity of Florida · USWashington University in St. Louis · USWestern University of Health Sciences · USWright State University · US

Funding

Anandamide Transport InhibitorsR01DA035923 · NIDA · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI KACZOCHA, MARTIN · 2013 to 2017
$3.8M
FABPs: Novel Roles in Pain and InflammationR01DA035949 · NIDA · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI KACZOCHA, MARTIN · 2014 to 2022
$3.0M
Excessive Alcohol Drinking Associated with GABA Alpha 2-Regulated TLR4 ExpressionR01AA021262 · NIAAA · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI AURELIAN, LAURE, GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C · 2013 to 2017
$2.3M
Dopamine Neurotransmission in Tourette SyndromeR01NS073884 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
Skeletal Effects of MethylphenidateR01HD070888 · NICHD · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI KOMATSU, DAVID E · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Detection of Dopamine Release During a Cognitive TaskR21MH073624 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2005 to 2006
$368k
A Systematic Medical Approach to Reward Transformation (SMART) for Brain Health in Opioid Use DisorderR41MD012318 · NIMHD · VERSA INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, INC. · PI BLUM, KENNETH, GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C · 2017 to 2017
$221k
Dopamine Neurotransmission in AddictionI01CX000479 · VA · VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI BADGAIYAN, RAJENDRA D · 2013 to 2014
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CSRD VA I01 CX000479NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021262NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD070888NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035923NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035949NIMHD NIH HHS R41 MD012318NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH073624NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During Lucid Dreams, the dreamer is aware, experiences the dream as if fully awake, and may control the dream content. The dreamer can start, stop, and restart dreaming, depending on the nature and pleasantness of the dream. For patients with Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) behaviors, like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Tourette's- Syndrome, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the dream content may be pleasant, unpleasant, or terrifying. A sample of psychiatric center patients identified as having RDS reported the effectiveness of a neuronutrient, dopamine agonist, KB200Z, in combating terrifying, lucid dreaming. These reports motivated the study of eight clinical cases with known histories of substance abuse, childhood abuse, and PTSD. The administration of KB200Z, associated with eliminating unpleasant or terrifying lucid dreams in 87.5% of the cases. Subsequently, other published cases have further established the possibility of the long-term elimination of terrifying dreams in PTSD and ADHD patients. Induction of dopamine homeostasis may mitigate the effects of neurogenetic and epigenetic changes in neuroplasticity, identified in the pathogenesis of PTSD and ADHD. The article explores how relief of terrifying lucid dreams may benefit from modulation of dopaminergic signaling activated by the administration of a neuronutrient. Recently, precision formulations of the KB220 neuronutrient guided by Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS) test results have been used to repair inheritable deficiencies within the brain reward circuitry. The proposition is that improved dopamine transmodulational signaling may stimulate positive cognitive recall and subsequently attenuate the harmful epigenetic insults from trauma.

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dopaminergic homeostatic signalingfunctional connectivityGenetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS)Lucid dreamsneuroplasticitypro-dopamine regulation (KB220)

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PMID34707968
PMCPMC8547281
OpenAlexW3130498772

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