The neural basis of psychedelic action

AC Kwan, DE Olson, KH Preller, BL Roth - Nature Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelics are serotonin 2A receptor agonists that can lead to profound changes in
perception, cognition and mood. In this review, we focus on the basic neurobiology …

The promises and perils of psychedelic pharmacology for psychiatry

TD McClure-Begley, BL Roth - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelic drugs including psilocybin, N, N ʹ-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD) are undergoing a renaissance as potentially useful drugs for various …

Biochemical mechanisms underlying psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity

DE Olson - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
In addition to producing profound subjective effects following acute administration,
psychedelic compounds can induce beneficial behavioral changes relevant to the treatment …

The role of serotonin 5-HT2A receptors in memory and cognition

G Zhang, RW Stackman Jr - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Serotonin 5-HT2A receptors (5-HT2ARs) are widely distributed in the central nervous
system, especially in brain region essential for learning and cognition. In addition to …

Psychedelics as transformative therapeutics

BL Roth, RH Gumpper - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Over the past decade, psychedelic compounds have emerged as potentially transformative
therapeutics for a variety of intractable neuropsychiatric conditions. However, historically …

The structural basis of arrestin-mediated regulation of G-protein-coupled receptors

VV Gurevich, EV Gurevich - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
The 4 mammalian arrestins serve as almost universal regulators of the largest known family
of signaling proteins, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Arrestins terminate receptor …

G-protein-coupled receptors at a glance

WK Kroeze, DJ Sheffler, BL Roth - Journal of cell science, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large and diverse family of proteins
whose primary function is to transduce extracellular stimuli into intracellular signals. They …

Psychedelics: preclinical insights provide directions for future research

RH Gumpper, BL Roth - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, psychedelics have emerged as promising therapeutics for numerous
neuropsychiatric disorders. While their potential in the clinic has yet to be fully elucidated …

Agonist-directed signaling of the serotonin 2A receptor depends on β-arrestin-2 interactions in vivo

CL Schmid, KM Raehal… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Visual and auditory hallucinations accompany certain neuropsychiatric disorders, such as
schizophrenia, and they also can be induced by the use or abuse of certain drugs. The …

Molecular insights into psychedelic drug action

ST Slocum, JF DiBerto, BL Roth - Journal of neurochemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A confluence of factors has renewed interest in the scientific understanding and translational
potential of psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, and …