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Psilocybin Restored Healthy Brain Patterns in Alcohol-Addicted Rats

Psilocybin Restored Healthy Brain Patterns in Alcohol-Addicted Rats

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

In 20 rats with alcohol addiction, psilocybin improved brain wave activity and better reduced patterns linked to relapse risk.

In 20 rats with alcohol addiction, psilocybin improved brain wave activity and better reduced patterns linked to relapse risk.

The number

20 rats

How solid is it?

Animal

Animal

Animal

Animal

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

psilocybin; LY379268

psilocybin; LY379268

Sample size

20 rats

20 rats

Published in

Translational Psychiatry

Translational Psychiatry

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PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Alcohol Addiction Recovery

Alcohol Addiction Recovery

Two treatments - psilocybin and the drug LY379268 - successfully restored healthy brain patterns in rats with alcohol addiction. The study used 20 rats to show both drugs improved brain wave activity in areas controlling decision-making and impulse control, but psilocybin proved better at reducing the overactive brain patterns linked to relapse risk.

Two treatments - psilocybin and the drug LY379268 - successfully restored healthy brain patterns in rats with alcohol addiction. The study used 20 rats to show both drugs improved brain wave activity in areas controlling decision-making and impulse control, but psilocybin proved better at reducing the overactive brain patterns linked to relapse risk.

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