TWiN 42: Therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs

This Week in Neuroscience

English - July 18, 2023 02:02 - 56 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 75 ratings
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TWiN explains how psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, which are being explored for treating a wide range of neuropsychiatric diseases, reopen the social reward period for critical learning.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung

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Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Psychedelic drugs open critical period (Nature) Psychedelics reopen critical periods (News-Med) LSD microdosing doesn’t work (U Chicago Med) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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