Study Suggests Psychedelics Combat Anxiety by Exciting Cells in Hippocampus
Numerous studies have found that psychedelics hold the potential to treat mental-health conditions, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Now new research has found that psychedelics activate cells in the brain that help reduce anxiety. The research was conducted by a global team of investigators, including at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Cornell University. The researchers’ focus was on determining what types of cells and areas in the brain were involved when anxiety was suppressed using psychedelics. Associate professor Alex Kwan, the study’s senior author, explained that knowing the neurobiology involved would assist in the development of…
