Beth Naylor

Psilocybin enhances conditioned place preference learning in planarians.

Behavioural Pharmacology October 13, 2026 Bart A. Ellenbroek, Beth Naylor, Jiun Youn

Psilocybin has emerged as a promising therapeutic agent, with clinical benefits attributed to enhanced neuroplasticity rather than acute pharmacological effects. However, the fundamental mechanisms underlying these effects remain poorly understood. Using planarians as a model system, we investigated whether psilocybin enhances associative learning using a conditioned place preference paradigm....