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In a small Swedish trial substudy, psilocybin lowered galanin and noradrenaline in spinal fluid compared with niacin, and a bigger galanin drop was linked to bigger mood improvement (r = 0.5…
Read articleIn a 20-person preprint study, live fMRI feedback while watching Trainspotting lowered movie-cue craving and improved mood in opioid use disorder more than sham feedback.
Read articlePostmortem nucleus accumbens tissue from 20 people with opioid use disorder showed 18 candidate variants needing DNA checks and 145 genes more active, led by immune genes.
Read articleIn a brain-scan study of 35 mostly teenage patients and 30 controls, internet gaming disorder was linked to much weaker connectivity between early and object-recognition visual areas, and we…
Read articleIn a 2026 mouse study, male and female mice lacking GPR55, a cannabinoid-related brain receptor, avoided bright, open and social settings and stayed immobile longer in the tail suspension te…
Read articleIn a 2026 study of 48 male rats with fear-conditioned anxiety, 10 days of schisandrin B at 10 or 20 mg/kg increased time in the open arms of an elevated plus maze, similar to diazepam, but n…
Read articleIn a 2026 mouse study, a single 10 mg/kg dose of ketamine reduced swim immobility in stressed mice with the circuit intact (7 mice, P = 0.0093) but did nothing when the thalamic nucleus reun…
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