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Alex C. Kwan

21 indexed publications match this author name.

ORCID: 0000-0003-2169-1667
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Topics

Animal Study 13 Receptor Pharmacology 12 Neuroplasticity 11 Mechanism of Action 5 Brain Imaging 5 Aging 4 Depression 4 Toxicity 2 Pharmacology 2 Transcriptomics 2 Biomarkers 2 Systematic Review 2

Journals

bioRxiv 12 Nature 2 Biological Psychiatry 1 Neuron 1 ACS Chemical Biology 1

Publication history

157. Opposing 5-HT Receptors Modulate Psilocybin's Action on Dendritic Calcium DynamicsBiological Psychiatry · 2026-04-24 Structural plasticity and enhanced fear extinction following psilocybin in chronically stressed micebioRxiv · 2026-04-21 Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitmentbioRxiv · 2026-04-16 Enhancing cGMP signaling with psilocybin reduces head twitch and restructures the synaptic proteome while maintaining antidepressant responsebioRxiv · 2026-03-09 Publisher Correction: Psilocybin's lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors.Nature · 2025-09-30 Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networksbioRxiv · 2025-08-05 Psilocybin Prolongs the Neurovascular Coupling Response in Mouse Visual CortexbioRxiv · 2025-07-30 Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptorsNature · 2025-04-01 Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals cell type-specific and time-dependent effects of psilocybin and ketamine on gene expressionbioRxiv · 2025-01-03 Pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors are essential for psilocybin’s lasting drug actionbioRxiv · 2024-11-02 Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expressionbioRxiv · 2024-05-25 Psilocybin facilitates fear extinction: importance of dose, context, and serotonin receptorsbioRxiv · 2024-05-05 Spectral signatures of psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and ketamine in healthy volunteers and persons with major depressive disorder and treatment-resistant depression: A systematic review.Unknown journal · 2024-03-31 A comparison between psilocybin and esketamine in treatment-resistant depression using number needed to treat (NNT): A systematic review.Unknown journal · 2024-01-17 Visualizing drug actions on dendrites: psilocybin and other classic psychedelicsUnknown journal · 2022-12-31 5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in micebioRxiv · 2022-11-02 Shared and distinct brain regions targeted for immediate early gene expression by ketamine and psilocybinbioRxiv · 2022-03-19 Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo.Neuron · 2021-07-04 Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivobioRxiv · 2021-02-16 A Dendrite-Focused Framework for Understanding the Actions of Ketamine and Psychedelics.Unknown journal · 2020-12-20 Monoamine Biosynthesis via a Noncanonical Calcium-Activatable Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase in Psilocybin Mushroom.ACS Chemical Biology · 2018-12-09

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