Psychedelics promote structural and functional neural plasticity

C Ly, AC Greb, LP Cameron, JM Wong, EV Barragan… - Cell reports, 2018 - Elsevier

Abstract

Atrophy of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of depression and related disorders. The ability to promote both structural and functional plasticity in the PFC has been hypothesized to underlie the fast-acting antidepressant …

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