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Sofía Villalba

3 papers in the library · 10 citations · publishing 2024-2026

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Psychedelics and the thalamocortical system: A scoping review

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior July 9, 2026 Sofía Villalba, Agustín Martínez Christensen, Lucia di Costanzo et al.

In recent years, psychedelics have shown promising results as therapeutic interventions for individuals with depression, terminal illnesses, substance use disorder, neurodegenerative diseases, trauma and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Moreover, research involving psychedelics have contributed to the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms behind the "psychedelic state of consciousness"...

Noribogaine altered intrinsic properties of thalamocortical neurons in a sex-dependent manner

Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry August 1, 2025 Sofía Villalba, Sofia Bosch, Lucia di Constanzo et al. 1 citation

Noribogaine (Noribo) is the primary metabolite from ibogaine, an atypical psychedelic. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Noribo on thalamic physiology of calcium channels voltage activation and gene expression and the potential involvement of the 5-HT2A receptor on those effects. Thus, we used male and female, 5-HT2AR knockout (KO) and wild type (WT) mice, injected...

5-HT2A Receptor Knockout Mice Show Sex-Dependent Differences following Acute Noribogaine Administration.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences January 5, 2024 Sofía Villalba, Bruno González, Stephanie Junge et al. 9 citations

Noribogaine (noribo) is the primary metabolite from ibogaine, an atypical psychedelic alkaloid isolated from the root bark of the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga. The main objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral responses of noribo are mediated by the 5-HT2A receptor (5-HT2AR) in mice. In that regard, we used male and female,...