The neural basis of psychedelic action

AC Kwan, DE Olson, KH Preller, BL Roth - Nature Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelics are serotonin 2A receptor agonists that can lead to profound changes in
perception, cognition and mood. In this review, we focus on the basic neurobiology …

The promises and perils of psychedelic pharmacology for psychiatry

TD McClure-Begley, BL Roth - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Psychedelic drugs including psilocybin, N, N ʹ-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD) are undergoing a renaissance as potentially useful drugs for various …

Psychedelics promote neuroplasticity through the activation of intracellular 5-HT2A receptors

MV Vargas, LE Dunlap, C Dong, SJ Carter, RJ Tombari… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Decreased dendritic spine density in the cortex is a hallmark of several neuropsychiatric
diseases, and the ability to promote cortical neuron growth has been hypothesized to …

Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs

D Cao, J Yu, H Wang, Z Luo, X Liu, L He, J Qi, L Fan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Drugs that target the human serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) are used to treat
neuropsychiatric diseases; however, many have hallucinogenic effects, hampering their use …

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CX. Classification of receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine; pharmacology and function

NM Barnes, GP Ahern, C Becamel, J Bockaert… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
5-HT receptors expressed throughout the human body are targets for established
therapeutics and various drugs in development. Their diversity of structure and function …

Hallucinogens in mental health: preclinical and clinical studies on LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine

D De Gregorio, A Aguilar-Valles, KH Preller… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
A revamped interest in the study of hallucinogens has recently emerged, especially with
regard to their potential application in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. In the last …

Psychedelics in psychiatry: neuroplastic, immunomodulatory, and neurotransmitter mechanisms

A Inserra, D De Gregorio, G Gobbi - Pharmacological Reviews, 2021 - ASPET
Mounting evidence suggests safety and efficacy of psychedelic compounds as potential
novel therapeutics in psychiatry. Ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug …

Psychedelics

DE Nichols - Pharmacological reviews, 2016 - ASPET
Psychedelics (serotonergic hallucinogens) are powerful psychoactive substances that alter
perception and mood and affect numerous cognitive processes. They are generally …

[PDF][PDF] Psychedelic-inspired drug discovery using an engineered biosensor

C Dong, C Ly, LE Dunlap, MV Vargas, J Sun… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Ligands can induce G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to adopt a myriad of
conformations, many of which play critical roles in determining the activation of specific …

Biochemical mechanisms underlying psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity

DE Olson - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
In addition to producing profound subjective effects following acute administration,
psychedelic compounds can induce beneficial behavioral changes relevant to the treatment …