Psychedelics excite cells in hippocampus to reduce anxiety
September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 24 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin, was found to activate a cell type in the brain that silences other neighboring neurons, a result that provides insight into how such drugs reduce anxiety, according to a new study in mice and rats.
The study by an international team of researchers, including at Cornell and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India, showed . . .
A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin, was found to activate a cell type in the brain that silences other neighboring neurons, a result that provides insight into how such drugs reduce anxiety, according to a new study in mice and rats.
The study by an international team of researchers, including at Cornell and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India, showed . . .