Researchers have developed a new model to study the antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects of psilocybin in mice.

P silocybin—the psychedelic ingredient found in some “magic” mushrooms—has shown a lot of promise for treating depression and ...

Psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's perceptions, mood and thought patterns, have recently shown promise ...

January 18, 2010 — Individuals with treatment-resistant depression tend to have the G/G genotype associated with higher levels of 5-HT 1A autoreceptors, and turning off some of those autoreceptors ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

Receptors are specialised membrane‐bound proteins that play a fundamental role in translating extracellular signals into precise intracellular responses. Integral to cellular communication, these ...

ROCKVILLE, MD – In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with sweet ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely silence a brain receptor that pharmaceutical companies are racing to target ...