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Magic mushrooms as a treatment for depression

Psilocybin, a psychoactive component of magic mushrooms, is thought to have therapeutic potential in psychiatric disorders but its mechanism of action within the brain is unclear. In a study, researchers gave two doses of psilocybin to 19 patients with treatment-resistant depression, and studied blood flow within the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at […]

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Clinical pharmacist
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2016-12-31
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10.1211/cp.2017.20204046
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psilocybin DepressionBrain ImagingMechanism of ActionAgingTreatment-Resistant Depression Other PsilocybinMAGIC (telescope)Depression (economics)Functional magnetic resonance imagingPsychiatryAction (physics)PsychologyMedicineMagnetic resonance imagingPsychotherapistNeurosciencePsychoanalysisMechanism of actionFungal Biology and ApplicationsMedicinal Plants and Bioactive CompoundsChemical synthesis and alkaloids

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