The best-known action of psilocybin's metabolite psilocin is to stimulate the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR). The aim of this study was to determine whether 5-HT2AR levels are altered by blast ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis have developed a new drug related to LSD that retains the psychedelic’s ...

Male Wistar rats (Iffa Credo, Lyon, France) weighing 250–320 g at the time of experiments were used. Rats used in chronic treatments had a weight of 175 g at arrival and typically reached ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu A single dose of psilocybin temporarily disrupts and reshapes brain networks, effects that persist for ...

Meal memories stored in the hippocampus help control hunger timing. Disrupting these memories in rats led to more frequent ...

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States ...

New research shows a single psilocybin session with therapy can reduce depression in cancer patients for up to two years.

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) receptor subtypes, such as the 5-HT 1A receptor, are considered to mediate the ability of antipsychotic drugs to enhance cognition. On the other hand ...

According to a study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, psilocybin reduced key symptoms of depression and anxiety in mice subjected to chronic stress. “In the search for novel ...

Researchers have identified neurons in the hippocampus that store "meal memories," encoding both what and when food was consumed.

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2025 / MIRA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIRA) (“MIRA” or the “Company”), a ...