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Laura Ley

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Past-Year Psilocybin and Alcohol Co-Use: Associations With Mental Health SymptomsJournal of Drug Issues · 2026-06-30Modeled Long-Term Effects of Psilocybin on Dynamic Activity and Effective Connectivity of Fronto-Striatal-Thalamic Circuits.Human Brain Mapping · 2026-06-30Are we hallucinating or can psychedelic drugs modulate the immune system to control inflammation?British journal of pharmacology · 2026-06-30Chronic psilocin microdosing produces limited behavioral effects and does not enhance neurogenesis in rats.Unknown journal · 2026-06-29Sex-Specific Effects of Psilocybin Versus Escitalopram on Anxiety and Anhedonia: A Bayesian Reanalysis of Antidepressant Treatment OutcomesResearch Square · 2026-06-18Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Use DisorderJAMA Network Open · 2026-05-06Human brain changes after first psilocybin use.Unknown journal · 2026-05-04Integrating the Mystical Experience Questionnaire Into a Broader Psychometric Framework: English Validation of the Psychedelic Experience Scale and Comparison of Psilocybin and LSD Sessions Across Two Controlled SettingsRepository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · 2026-04-29A Double-blind, Randomized Trial Examining the Preliminary Efficacy of Psilocybin Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back PainClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-04-28356. Psilocybin Therapy is Associated With Decreases in Markers of Mitochondrial Stress and Inflammation in an Open-Label Clinical Trial of Parkinson’s DiseaseBiological Psychiatry · 2026-04-24483. Acute Functional Brain Changes Associated With Psilocybin in Depression and Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Coordinate-Based Meta-AnalysisBiological Psychiatry · 2026-04-24Case Report: Repeated low doses of psilocybin reduce perceived symptom severity but fail to restore cognitive flexibility in a case of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder: an observational case study of identical twinsFrontiers in Psychiatry · 2026-04-20Effects of a single dose of psilocybin on diet-induced weight loss in obese mice.Unknown journal · 2026-04-13Observing the mind under psychedelics: conceptual metaphors used following four once-weekly macrodoses of psilocybinPhilosophical Psychology · 2026-04-09An Open-Label, Phase 1 Study of the Safety Pharmacokinetic Profile, and Preliminary Efficacy, of Organic Whole Psilocybin-Containing Mushrooms in Patients Suffering From PTSDClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-03-08Behavioural investigations of psilocybin in non-human animals 1962-2021: A scoping reviewJournal of Psychedelic Studies · 2026-03-08Synthesis and Characterization of Psilocybin Metabolites and Deuterated AnalogsACS Chemical Neuroscience · 2026-03-02Low-income group psilocybin assisted therapy for depression: An Oregon feasibility studyJournal of Psychedelic Studies · 2026-02-11Group Retreat Psilocybin Therapy for People with Metastatic Cancer with Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: Safety and Efficacy Outcomes of a Phase 1/2 StudyPsychedelic Medicine · 2026-01-17Intentions, Spirituality, Set, and Setting Are Associated with Mystical Experiences in Psilocybin-Assisted TherapyPsychedelic Medicine · 2026-01-11Psilocybin Treatment for Refractory Depression: A Clinical ReviewDigital Commons - Gardner-Webb University (Gardner-Webb University) · 2025-12-31Perceptions of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy and Standard Interventions for Nicotine CessationJournal of Psychoactive Drugs · 2025-12-31An exploration of the relationships between the effects of psilocybin on behavior, 5-HT2A receptor occupancy, and neuroplastic effects in miceJournal of Psychopharmacology · 2025-12-31A Nature-Themed Video Intervention Increases Nature Relatedness in Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcohol Use DisorderPsychedelic Medicine · 2025-12-25The 3D-ASCr scale: A revalidation of the core dimensions of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale 5D(11)-ASC for psychedelic research.Unknown journal · 2025-12-25Group Retreat Psilocybin Therapy for People with Metastatic Cancer with Anxiety and Depression: A Rite of Passage Facilitation Model for a Phase 1/2 StudyPsychedelic Medicine · 2025-12-22Wherefore the magic? The evolutionary role of psilocybin in naturebioRxiv · 2025-12-18Psilocybin in the real world: Regulatory, ethical, and operational challenges in Australia’s clinical landscapeAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry · 2025-12-16Sudden Loss of Consciousness Following Psilocybin IngestionAmerican Journal of Psychiatry · 2025-11-30Sex-specific role of the 5-HT2A receptor in psilocybin-induced extinction of opioid rewardNature Communications · 2025-11-19Comparative Efficacy of Psilocybin and MDMA in PTSD Treatment: A Systematic Review of Long-Term OutcomesBerkeley Scientific Journal · 2025-11-12The therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs: Legal, policy, and neuroscientific perspectives.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2025-10-31A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Investigating the Efficacy of Various Psychedelic Drugs for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder.Unknown journal · 2025-10-22Investigating the Persisting Effects of a Single Dose of Psilocybin on Structural Plasticity in Healthy Older AdultsClinicalTrials.gov · 2025-10-20Investigating the Mechanisms of the Effects of Psilocybin on Visual Perception and Visual Representations in the BrainClinicalTrials.gov · 2025-10-20Understanding psilocybin mushrooms and aiding in setting standards for a burgeoning industry in JamaicaPhytochemistry Letters · 2025-09-30Differential effects of psilocybin and lisuride on serotonin and dopamine neuronal activity and behaviorProgress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · 2025-09-30Toward Standardized Products Containing Biomass of Psilocybe Cubensis FungiJournal of AOAC International · 2025-08-12Improved mental health outcomes and normalised spontaneous EEG activity in veterans reporting a history of traumatic brain injuries following participation in a psilocybin retreatFrontiers in Psychiatry · 2025-08-05Neurobiology of psilocybin: a comprehensive overview and comparative analysis of experimental modelsFrontiers in Systems Neuroscience · 2025-08-04Motivation and retrospective appraisal of psychedelic study participation: a qualitative study in healthy volunteers.Psychopharmacology · 2025-07-31Females in Psychedelic Research: A Perspective for Advancing Research and Practice.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025-07-10Synthesis of Psilocin, Psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT Succinate, All Labelled With Carbon-14 at the Indole 2-PositionJournal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals · 2025-06-30Clinical conceptualisation of PTSD in psilocybin treatment: disrupting a pre-determined and over-determined maladaptive interpretive framework.Unknown journal · 2025-06-07Psilocybin With Intracranial Neural SensingClinicalTrials.gov · 2025-06-05Understanding the Psychological Effects of Psilocybin and 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine in a Non-Clinical PopulationmedRxiv · 2025-05-28Role of endogenous serotonin in psychedelic-like effects of psilocybin in miceThe International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025-05-24Psilocin alleviates acute itch in mice: possible involvement of 5-HT2A receptors and kynurenine pathwayNaunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology · 2025-04-14Psilocybin therapy for mood dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease: an open-label pilot trialNeuropsychopharmacology · 2025-04-08Psilocybin-Assisted suppoRtive psychoTherapy IN the treatment of prolonged Grief (PARTING) trial: protocol for an open-label pilot trial for cancer-related bereavementBMJ Open · 2025-03-31Effects of a single dose of psilocybin on diet-induced weight loss in obese miceResearch Square · 2025-03-30Anaesthetic implications of psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide: what is old is now new: A narrative review on psychedelics and anaesthesia.Unknown journal · 2025-02-17A systematic review of participant diversity in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy trials.Unknown journal · 2025-01-09Psilocybin Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot StudyClinicalTrials.gov · 2024-12-31Association of Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder with Trait Neuroticism and Mental Health Symptoms.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2024-12-31Research and Implementation of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024-12-31Multidimensional Personality Changes Following Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy in Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: Results From a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical TrialAmerican Journal of Psychiatry · 2024-12-31The safety of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy: A systematic review.Unknown journal · 2024-12-12The many faces of psilocybin-related psychosis: A case seriesPsychiatry Research Case Reports · 2024-12-06Psilocybin Therapy for Clinicians With Symptoms of Depression From Frontline Care During the COVID-19 PandemicJAMA Network Open · 2024-12-04Long-term effects of psilocybin on dynamic and effectivity connectivity of fronto-striatal-thalamic circuitsbioRxiv · 2024-11-06Human brain changes after first psilocybin usebioRxiv · 2024-10-13Impact of psilocybin on cognitive function: A systematic review.Unknown journal · 2024-09-30Resurrecting Ancestral Familial Health: A Role for Psilocybin?The Family Journal · 2024-08-08Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: where is the psychotherapy research?Psychopharmacology · 2024-07-31Brain Networks, Neurotransmitters and Psychedelics: Towards a Neurochemistry of Self-Awareness.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2024-07-31Engaging Mood Brain Circuits with Psilocybin (EMBRACE): a study protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled and delayed-start, neuroimaging trial in depressionTrials · 2024-07-02Regional Differences of Self-Reported Past-12-month Marijuana, Psilocybin, and Cocaine Use: Results From NDEWS Rapid Street Reporting 2021-2022Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2024-06-30A Plea for Nuance: Should People with a Family History of Bipolar Disorder Be Excluded from Clinical Trials of Psilocybin Therapy?Unknown journal · 2024-06-16Increased 5-HT2A receptor signalling efficacy differentiates serotonergic psychedelics from non-psychedelicsbioRxiv · 2024-06-15Content analysis of Reddit posts about coadministration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and psilocybin mushroomsPsychopharmacology · 2024-04-29In the new era of psychedelic assisted therapy: A systematic review of study methodology in randomized controlled trials.Unknown journal · 2024-04-28Psilocybin therapy and anorexia nervosa: a narrative review of safety considerations for researchers and clinicians.Unknown journal · 2024-04-23The Intersection of Mental Health and Sexual and Gender Minority Identities for Older Adults Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Narrative Review.Unknown journal · 2024-02-18Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder: Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, 7-month Parallel-Group Phase II Superiority TrialResearch Square · 2024-01-03Psilocybin Without Psychotherapy: A Cart Without a Horse?Unknown journal · 2023-12-31Safety pharmacology of acute psilocybin administration in healthy participantsNeuroscience Applied · 2023-12-31Determination of psilocybin and psilocin content in multiple Psilocybe cubensis mushroom strains using liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometryAnalytica Chimica Acta · 2023-12-17Wood-loving magic mushrooms from Australia are saprotrophic invaders in the northern hemisphereAuthorea Preprints · 2023-11-16The entropic heart: Tracking the psychedelic state via heart rate dynamicsbioRxiv · 2023-11-08The revival of the psychedelic experience scale: Revealing its extended-mystical, visual, and distressing experiential spectrum with LSD and psilocybin studiesJournal of Psychopharmacology · 2023-10-30Expectancies for Subjective and Antidepressant Effects in Psilocybin UsersJournal of Humanistic Psychology · 2023-09-21Manic episode following psilocybin use in a man with bipolar II disorder: a case reportFrontiers in Psychiatry · 2023-09-21Single-Dose Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depressive DisorderJAMA · 2023-08-30“But the reality is it's happening”: A qualitative study of eating disorder providers about psilocybin-assisted psychotherapyInternational Journal of Eating Disorders · 2023-08-07Comparative acute effects of mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide, and psilocybin in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study in healthy participantsNeuropsychopharmacology · 2023-05-24Single-dose psilocybin for a treatment-resistant episode of major depression: Impact on patient-reported depression severity, anxiety, function, and quality of lifeJournal of Affective Disorders · 2023-02-02From prohibited to prescribed: The rescheduling of MDMA and psilocybin in AustraliaDrug Science Policy and Law · 2022-12-31Editorial: Appropriateness and safety of using cannabinoid and psychedelic medicines as treatments for psychiatric disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022-12-31Scoping Review of Experiential Measures from Psychedelic Research and Clinical Trials.Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2022-12-31Canalization and plasticity in psychopathology.Unknown journal · 2022-12-26“A sense of the bigger picture:” A qualitative analysis of follow-up interviews with people with bipolar disorder who self-reported psilocybin usePLoS ONE · 2022-12-13Risks and benefits of psilocybin use in people with bipolar disorder: An international web-based survey on experiences of ‘magic mushroom’ consumptionJournal of Psychopharmacology · 2022-12-13Exploratory investigation of a patient-informed low-dose psilocybin pulse regimen in the suppression of cluster headache: Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain · 2022-11-22Structure-Activity Relationships for Psilocybin, Baeocystin, Aeruginascin, and Related Analogues to Produce Pharmacological Effects in Mice.ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science · 2022-11-01Psilocybin for alcohol use disorder: Rationale and design considerations for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary Clinical Trials · 2022-11-01An Exploratory Open-Label, Phase 1b, Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Effects of Oral 3-[2-(Dimethylamino)Ethyl]-1h-indol-4-yl Dihydrogen Phosphate (Psilocybin, BPL-PSILO) on Cognition in Patients With Chronic Short-Lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks (SUNHA)ClinicalTrials.gov · 2022-10-11Association of Psilocybin Use in Adolescents with Major Depressive EpisodeUnknown journal · 2022-08-31Self-administration of Psilocybin in the Setting of Treatment-resistant Depression.PubMed · 2022-06-30A Single Method for 127 Recommended and Additional DUID Drugs in Blood and Urine by LC-MS-MS.Unknown journal · 2022-06-30Association of Psilocybin Use in Adolescents with Major Depressive EpisodeEuropean Psychiatry · 2022-05-31Sex-specific effects of psychedelics on prepulse inhibition of startle in 129S6/SvEv mice.Psychopharmacology · 2022-05-31How Important Is a Guide Who Has Taken Psilocybin in Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Depression?Journal of Psychoactive Drugs · 2022-03-22The promises and perils of psychedelic pharmacology for psychiatry.Unknown journal · 2022-03-16Direct comparison of the acute effects of lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects.Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022-02-24Flashback phenomena after administration of LSD and psilocybin in controlled studies with healthy participants.Psychopharmacology · 2022-01-24Exploring the Credibility of Psilocybin-assisted Therapy and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Depression.Journal of Psychoactive Drugs · 2022-01-02Comparison of subjective, autonomic, and endocrine effects of LSD and psilocybin in healthy subjectsNeuroscience Applied · 2021-12-31Psychedelic medicines for mood disorders: current evidence and clinical considerations.PubMed · 2021-12-31Psilocybin for Trauma-Related Disorders.Unknown journal · 2021-12-31Spiritual experiences in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: Case reports of communion with the divine, the departed, and saints in research using psilocybin for the treatment of alcohol dependence.Spirituality in Clinical Practice · 2021-08-31Blinding and expectancy confounds in psychedelic randomized controlled trials.Unknown journal · 2021-08-25Psilocybin for Depression.Unknown journal · 2021-07-31Participant Reports of Mindfulness, Posttraumatic Growth, and Social Connectedness in Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy: An Interpretive Phenomenological AnalysisJournal of Humanistic Psychology · 2021-06-11Future Directions for Clinical Psilocybin Research: The Relaxed Symptom NetworkPsyArXiv · 2021-05-18Future Directions for Clinical Psilocybin Research: The Relaxed Symptom NetworkPsyArXiv · 2021-05-18Evaluating the Risk of Psilocybin for the Treatment of Bipolar Depression: A Review of the Research Literature and Published Case StudiesmedRxiv · 2021-04-06Cannabis-induced oceanic boundlessness.Journal of Psychopharmacology · 2021-03-27Blinding and Expectancy Confounds in Psychedelic Randomised Controlled TrialsPsyArXiv · 2021-03-07Psilocybin-assisted Group Therapy for Demoralization in Long-term AIDS SurvivorsClinicalTrials.gov · 2021-01-06Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy and Attachment: Observed Reduction in Attachment Anxiety and Influences of Attachment Insecurity on the Psilocybin ExperienceACS Pharmacology & Translational Science · 2020-12-08Exploratory Controlled Study of the Migraine-Suppressing Effects of PsilocybinNeurotherapeutics · 2020-11-11Psilocybin-assisted group therapy for demoralized older long-term AIDS survivor men: An open-label safety and feasibility pilot studyEClinicalMedicine · 2020-09-23Psilocybin rescues sociability deficits in an animal model of autismbioRxiv · 2020-09-09Direct Phosphorylation of Psilocin Enables Optimized cGMP Kilogram-Scale Manufacture of PsilocybinACS Omega · 2020-06-30An Improved, Practical, and Scalable Five-Step Synthesis of PsilocybinSynthesis · 2020-01-07Psilocybin for depression: Considerations for clinical trial designJournal of Psychedelic Studies · 2019-08-31T137. Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy for Demoralization in Long-Term AIDS SurvivorsBiological Psychiatry · 2019-04-30Psychedelic-Assisted Group Therapy: A Systematic Review.Unknown journal · 2019-04-04Serotonergic Psychedelics LSD & Psilocybin Increase the Fractal Dimension of Cortical Brain Activity in Spatial and Temporal DomainsbioRxiv · 2019-01-10Intensity of Mystical Experiences Occasioned by 5-MeO-DMT and Comparison With a Prior Psilocybin Study.Frontiers in Psychology · 2018-12-05Psilocin and ketamine microdosing: effects of subchronic intermittent microdoses in the elevated plus-maze in male Wistar rats.Unknown journal · 2018-08-31Psychoactive plant- and mushroom-associated alkaloids from two behavior modifying cicada pathogensbioRxiv · 2018-07-23The Effects of LSD and Psilocin on Anxiety-Related Behaviours in ZebrafishStudent Research Proceedings · 2017-05-14Turn on, tune in, but don't drop out: The impact of neo-liberalism on magic mushroom users' (in)ability to imagine collectivist social worlds.Unknown journal · 2010-10-31Between prohibitions: patterns and meanings of magic mushroom use in the UK.Substance use & misuse · 2007-12-31Hallucinogens recruit specific cortical 5-HT(2A) receptor-mediated signaling pathways to affect behavior.Unknown journal · 2007-01-31Increased intensity of Ecstasy and polydrug usage in the more experienced recreational Ecstasy/MDMA users: a WWW study.Unknown journal · 2004-05-31Patterns of recreational drug use at dance events in Edinburgh, Scotland.Unknown journal · 2001-06-30Serotonin-like and antiserotonin properties of psilocybin and psilocin.Unknown journal · 1962-05-31

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