Psychedelics
Mapping Specific Neural Circuits to Individual Variations of Mental Illness
Elucidating the neural effects of psychedelics like LSD is helping to advance our understanding of the treatment strategies for a range of mental health illnesses.
This Upcoming Clinical Trial Will Assess the Use of Psychedelics for Fibromyalgia
The new open-label phase 2a trial will look at the use of an oral formulation of synthetic psilocybin and evaluate its safety and efficacy in a small number of patients with fibromyalgia.
Psilocybin Spurs Growth of Neural Connections Lost in Depression
The psychedelic drug psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in some mushrooms, has been shown to initiate an immediate and long-lasting increase in neural connections in mice.
Could Ketamine Help Treat Severe Depression?
Researchers from Trinity and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services are trialling a new treatment regime using ketamine for people who are experiencing severe depression.
LSD “Frees the Brain” From Its Usual Neural Pathways, Study Finds
The researchers also found that the drug increased the complexity of only certain brain states, known as segregated brain states.
Massachusetts General Hospital Launches New Center for Psychedelics
Analytical Cannabis spoke to Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, director of the Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics, to learn more about its research ambitions.
Single Dose of Psilocybin Can Remodel the Brains of Mice, Study Finds
The new study examined structural changes in the brain that might explain psilocybin’s enduring antidepressant effects.
Process By Which Ketamine Acts as an Antidepressant Confirmed
Ketamine can provide rapid antidepressant relief in as little as two hours that can be sustained for days to weeks.
Laughing Gas Relieves Symptoms of Treatment-Resistant Depression, New Study Finds
Results from a new clinical trial indicate that inhaling a mixture of 25 percent nitrous oxide and oxygen can provide long-lasting relief to those who have found other antidepressants ineffective.
