psychedelics . neuroplasticity . a final project
the molecular biology of change
psychedelics.
A chemical from a mushroom, a frog secretion, and an anesthetic each do, in one dose, what daily medication cannot do in a lifetime. The molecular reason: a single hit rewires the cortex by growing new dendritic spines, and a third of them are still there a month later. This is the case for psychoplastogens.
280M
people with depression, globally
30%
are treatment-resistant on SSRIs
78%
response, 6 months after one psilocybin dose
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