Mechanisms and molecular targets surrounding the potential therapeutic effects of psychedelics

AM Jaster, J González-Maeso - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelics, also known as classical hallucinogens, have been investigated for decades
due to their potential therapeutic effects in the treatment of neuropsychiatric and substance …

Serotonin 2A Receptor (5-HT2AR) Agonists: Psychedelics and Non-Hallucinogenic Analogues as Emerging Antidepressants

W Duan, D Cao, S Wang, J Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Psychedelics make up a group of psychoactive compounds that induce hallucinogenic
effects by activating the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR). Clinical trials have demonstrated …

Molecular mechanisms of psilocybin and implications for the treatment of depression

S Ling, F Ceban, LMW Lui, Y Lee, KM Teopiz… - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
Therapeutic deficiencies with monoaminergic antidepressants invites the need to identify
and develop novel rapid-acting antidepressants. Hitherto, ketamine and esketamine are …

Hallucinogens and Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways

JF López-Giménez, J González-Maeso - Behavioral neurobiology of …, 2018 - Springer
The neuropsychological effects of naturally occurring psychoactive chemicals have been
recognized for millennia. Hallucinogens, which include naturally occurring chemicals such …

Recent advances in the neuropsychopharmacology of serotonergic hallucinogens

AL Halberstadt - Behavioural brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Serotonergic hallucinogens, such as (+)-lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, and
mescaline, are somewhat enigmatic substances. Although these drugs are derived from …

G protein–coupled receptor heteromers

I Gomes, MA Ayoub, W Fujita, WC Jaeger… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) compose one of the largest families of membrane
proteins involved in intracellular signaling. They are involved in numerous physiological and …

Mechanism of assembly and cooperativity of homomeric and heteromeric metabotropic glutamate receptors

J Levitz, C Habrian, S Bharill, Z Fu, R Vafabakhsh… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate cellular responses to a wide variety of
extracellular stimuli. GPCR dimerization may expand signaling diversity and tune …

Clozapine's multiple cellular mechanisms: What do we know after more than fifty years? A systematic review and critical assessment of translational mechanisms …

A de Bartolomeis, L Vellucci, A Barone… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Almost fifty years after its first introduction into clinical care, clozapine remains the only
evidence-based pharmacological option for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), which …

Major ligand-induced rearrangement of the heptahelical domain interface in a GPCR dimer

L Xue, X Rovira, P Scholler, H Zhao, J Liu… - Nature chemical …, 2015 - nature.com
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are major players in cell communication. Although
they form functional monomers, increasing evidence indicates that GPCR dimerization has a …

Structural and biophysical mechanisms of class CG protein-coupled receptor function

A Ellaithy, J Gonzalez-Maeso, DA Logothetis… - Trends in biochemical …, 2020 - cell.com
Groundbreaking structural and spectroscopic studies of class AG protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs), such as rhodopsin and the β 2 adrenergic receptor, have provided a picture of …