Harnessing psilocybin: antidepressant-like behavioral and synaptic actions of psilocybin are independent of 5-HT2R activation in mice

N Hesselgrave, TA Troppoli, AB Wulff… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Depression is a widespread and devastating mental illness and the search for rapid-acting
antidepressants remains critical. There is now exciting evidence that the psychedelic …

Psychedelics, but not ketamine, produce persistent antidepressant-like effects in a rodent experimental system for the study of depression

M Hibicke, AN Landry, HM Kramer… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Psilocybin shows efficacy to alleviate depression in human clinical trials for six or more
months after only one or two treatments. Another hallucinogenic drug, esketamine, has …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical perspectives on the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic actions of psilocybin in psychiatric disorders

AB Wulff, CD Nichols, SM Thompson - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Psychedelic compounds have shown extraordinary potential in treating a wide range of
neuropsychiatric disorders. Psilocybin, for example, has now been shown in several clinical …

Molecular mechanisms of psilocybin and implications for the treatment of depression

S Ling, F Ceban, LMW Lui, Y Lee, KM Teopiz… - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
Therapeutic deficiencies with monoaminergic antidepressants invites the need to identify
and develop novel rapid-acting antidepressants. Hitherto, ketamine and esketamine are …

Potential therapeutic effects of psilocybin

MW Johnson, RR Griffiths - Neurotherapeutics, 2017 - Springer
Psilocybin and other 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A agonist classic psychedelics have been used
for centuries as sacraments within indigenous cultures. In the mid-twentieth century they …

Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for depression: Emerging research on a psychedelic compound with a rich history

C Pearson, J Siegel, JA Gold - Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a serious need for novel therapies that treat individuals with depression, including
major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment-resistant depression (TRD). An emerging …

Psychedelic effects of psilocybin correlate with serotonin 2A receptor occupancy and plasma psilocin levels

MK Madsen, PM Fisher, D Burmester… - …, 2019 - nature.com
The main psychedelic component of magic mushrooms is psilocybin, which shows promise
as a treatment for depression and other mental disorders. Psychedelic effects are believed …

Psilocybin lacks antidepressant-like effect in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat

O Jefsen, K Højgaard, SL Christiansen… - Acta …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Objective: Psilocybin is a serotonin receptor agonist with a therapeutic potential for treatment-
resistant depression and other psychiatric illnesses. We investigated whether the …

Transient elevation of plasma glucocorticoids supports psilocybin-induced anxiolysis in mice

NT Jones, Z Zahid, SM Grady, ZW Sultan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
While correlations between drug-induced cortisol elevation, self-reported anxiety, and
treatment outcomes have been reported for human studies during psilocybin-assisted …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of rapid-acting antidepressants: new perspectives for developing antidepressants

T Chen, L Cheng, J Ma, J Yuan, C Pi, L Xiong… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder. Conventional
antidepressants usually require several weeks of continuous administration to exert …