Can Scientists Take the Trip out of Psychedelics, Leaving only the Anti-depressant Effect?
University of North Carolina School of MedicinePublished in Nature, this research in animal models show it’s possible to create a compound that hits the same exact target as psychedelic drugs hit – the 5-HT2A serotonin receptors on the surface of specific neurons – but does not cause the same psychedelic effects when given to mice.