Anti-Anxiety and Hallucination-Like Effects of Psychedelics Mediated by Distinct Neural Circuits (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Anti-Anxiety and Hallucination-Like Effects of Psychedelics Mediated by Distinct Neural Circuits

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Working in a mouse model, UC Davis researchers are able to distnguish brain cells activated by a psychedelic drug. This image shows the prefrontal cortex of a mouse injected with scFLARE2 (purple) which drives the expression of a light-responsive channel in psychedelic-activated neurons (green or red). This allows researchers to visualize and artificially reactive these neurons at a later time point. 

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Christina Kim, UC Davis

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