Psilocybin
"Psilocybin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The major of two hallucinogenic components of Teonanacatl, the sacred mushroom of Mexico, the other component being psilocin. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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D011562
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.436.613 D03.633.100.473.402.613 D03.633.100.473.914.700
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psilocybin" by people in Profiles.
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Wulff AB, Nichols CD, Thompson SM. Preclinical perspectives on the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic actions of psilocybin in psychiatric disorders. Neuropharmacology. 2023 06 15; 231:109504.
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Hesselgrave N, Troppoli TA, Wulff AB, Cole AB, Thompson SM. Harnessing psilocybin: antidepressant-like behavioral and synaptic actions of psilocybin are independent of 5-HT2R activation in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 04 27; 118(17).
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Thompson SM. Optimizing psychedelic compounds for neuropsychiatric therapy. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 07; 46(8):1397-1398.