psychedelics
Psychedelics Activate Serotonin to Produce Antidepressant Effect
Health
Summary: A new study advanced our understanding of how psychedelic drugs activate serotonin receptors to offer potential treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. The ...
Psilocybin Effective as Antidepressant – Neuroscience News
Health
Summary: Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, is notably more effective at alleviating depression symptoms than conventional controls. Analyzing seven trials ...
AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments
Science
For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into ...
Ketamine’s Surprisingly Swift Treatment of PTSD and Depression
Health
By C. Michael White, University of Connecticut November 18, 2023 The drug ketamine shows promise in rapidly reducing PTSD and depression symptoms, ...
California magic mushroom legalization plan in jeopardy after Alaska Airlines pilot’s arrest
Politics
SAN FRANCISCO — A near disaster involving an off-duty pilot who admitted to experimenting with magic mushrooms may doom efforts to decriminalize ...
