The effects of psychedelics on neuronal physiology

CJ Hatzipantelis, DE Olson - Annual Review of Physiology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Psychedelics are quite unique among drugs that impact the central nervous system, as a
single administration of a psychedelic can both rapidly alter subjective experience in …

Epigenetic mechanisms of rapid-acting antidepressants

A Inserra, A Campanale, T Rezai, P Romualdi… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Background Rapid-acting antidepressants (RAADs), including dissociative
anesthetics, psychedelics, and empathogens, elicit rapid and sustained therapeutic …

Reports of self-compassion and affect regulation in psilocybin-assisted therapy for alcohol use disorder: An interpretive phenomenological analysis.

G Agin-Liebes, EM Nielson, M Zingman… - Psychology of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The primary aim of this qualitative study was to delineate psychological
mechanisms of change in the first randomized controlled trial of psilocybin-assisted …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of psychedelics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

MJ Winkelman, A Szabo, E Frecska - European …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a currently incurable but increasingly prevalent fatal and
progressive neurodegenerative disease, demanding consideration of therapeutically …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic modulation of the kynurenine pathway in severe mental illness and comorbidities: A potential role for serotonergic psychedelics

A Campanale, A Inserra, S Comai - Progress in Neuro …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mounting evidence points towards a crucial role of the kynurenine pathway (KP) in the
altered gut-brain axis (GBA) balance in severe mental illness (SMI, namely depression …

Effects of repeated lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on the mouse brain endocannabinoidome and gut microbiome

A Inserra, G Giorgini, S Lacroix… - British journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Psychedelics elicit prosocial, antidepressant and anxiolytic effects
via neuroplasticity, neurotransmission and neuro‐immunomodulatory mechanisms. Whether …

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for the treatment of anxiety disorders: Preclinical and clinical evidence

A Inserra, A Piot, D De Gregorio, G Gobbi - CNS drugs, 2023 - Springer
Anxiety disorders (ADs) represent the sixth leading cause of disability worldwide, resulting in
a significant global economic burden. Over 50% of individuals with ADs do not respond to …

Bedside to bench: the outlook for psychedelic research

VP Acero, ES Cribas, KD Browne, O Rivellini… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
There has recently been a resurgence of interest in psychedelic compounds based on
studies demonstrating their potential therapeutic applications in treating post-traumatic …

The crosstalk between 5-HT2AR and mGluR2 in schizophrenia

S Saha, J González-Maeso - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder that usually produces a lifetime of disability. First
generation or typical antipsychotics such as haloperidol and second generation or atypical …

DNA methylation and the opposing NMDAR dysfunction in schizophrenia and major depression disorders: a converging model for the therapeutic effects of …

LT Flynn, WJ Gao - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelic compounds are being increasingly explored as a potential therapeutic option
for treating several psychiatric conditions, despite relatively little being known about their …