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Serotonergic Psychedelics in Neural Plasticity

Kacper Łukasiewicz, Jacob J. Baker, Yi Zuo, Ju Lu
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Summary & key facts 2021 29 citations

This review explains that classical serotonergic psychedelics — drugs like psilocybin, DMT (in ayahuasca), LSD, and ibogaine — can change brain cells and connections in lab and animal studies. These drugs have been shown to help neurons grow new branches and form more synapses, which are the contact points where…

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