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British psychiatrist (1917-2004)
Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond proposed in the 1950s that adrenochrome — an oxidation product of adrenaline — was a neurotoxic, psychotomimetic compound that might help explain schizophrenia and rela...
Scientific literature and reputable overviews show adrenochrome is an oxidation product of epinephrine that has been studied mostly in vitro and in animal preparations; reported effects include bioche...
Mid-20th century research proposed that adrenochrome — an oxidation product of adrenaline — might produce psychotomimetic effects and be linked to schizophrenia, but follow-up studies largely failed t...
The modern myth is a two‑strand story: mid‑20th‑century psychiatric speculation that linked an oxidation product of adrenaline to psychosis, and ’s gonzo fiction in that dramatized and violently reima...