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 …

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

JS Siegel, S Subramanian, D Perry, BP Kay… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A single dose of psilocybin, a psychedelic that acutely causes distortions of space–time
perception and ego dissolution, produces rapid and persistent therapeutic effects in human …

Towards an understanding of psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity

AE Calder, G Hasler - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2023 - nature.com
Classic psychedelics, such as LSD, psilocybin, and the DMT-containing beverage
ayahuasca, show some potential to treat depression, anxiety, and addiction. Importantly …

[HTML][HTML] Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo

LX Shao, C Liao, I Gregg, PA Davoudian, NK Savalia… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic with untapped therapeutic potential. There are hints
that the use of psychedelics can produce neural adaptations, although the extent and …

Neuroplasticity as a convergent mechanism of ketamine and classical psychedelics

LR Aleksandrova, AG Phillips - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The emerging therapeutic efficacy of ketamine and classical psychedelics for depression
has inspired tremendous interest in the underlying neurobiological mechanisms. We review …

Must psilocybin always “assist psychotherapy”?

GM Goodwin, E Malievskaia… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Design Open-label Randomized Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Randomized, double-blind, placebo …

[HTML][HTML] Canalization and plasticity in psychopathology

RL Carhart-Harris, S Chandaria, DE Erritzoe… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
This theoretical article revives a classical bridging construct, canalization, to describe a new
model of a general factor of psychopathology. To achieve this, we have distinguished …

Psychedelics and other psychoplastogens for treating mental illness

MV Vargas, R Meyer, AA Avanes, M Rus… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Psychedelics have inspired new hope for treating brain disorders, as they seem to be unlike
any treatments currently available. Not only do they produce sustained therapeutic effects …

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 …