Douglas Funk

Effect of a single psilocybin treatment on Fos protein expression in male rat brain.

Neuroscience February 16, 2024 Douglas Funk, Joseph Araujo, Malik Slassi et al. 11 citations

Psilocybin has received attention as a treatment for depression, stress disorders and drug and alcohol addiction. To help determine the mechanisms underlying its therapeutic effects, here we examined acute effects of a range of behaviourally relevant psilocybin doses (0.1-3 mg/kg SC) on regional expression of Fos, the protein product of the immediate early gene, c-fos in brain areas involved in...