World Journal of Psychiatry
July 8, 2026
Yu-Peng Liu, Chen-Chen Shen, Jing Li et al.
BACKGROUND Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) frequently experience anxiety and sleep disturbances.However, the comparative efficacy of psychological interventions on these symptoms remains unclear.AIM To compare the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and routine psychological support (PS) on anxiety symptoms and sleep quality in patients undergoing PD.METHODS This...
Clinical Toxicology
September 15, 2025
Zhifan He, Rui Tang, Min Feng et al.
1 citation
Introduction Psychoactive Psilocybe spp. mushrooms pose significant public health risks. We report a cluster of Psilocybe keralensis poisonings in Chengdu, China, highlighting its unique clinical features and cardiovascular complications.Case Series Four patients ingested 16–90 g of wild mushrooms (misidentified as an edible species, but later molecularly confirmed as Psilocybe keralensis)....
Biodesign research
June 1, 2025
Natali Ozber, Jing Li, Peter J. Facchini
2 citations
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy) is a recreational drug under clinical investigation for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Chemical synthesis of MDMA mainly relies on the use of safrole and piperonal as starting materials. We report a novel strategy integrating bioconversion and biocatalysis in the bioproduction of MDMA...
Analytical Chemistry
February 11, 2025
Yun Wu, Mei Li, Ruidong Liu et al.
6 citations
Globally, drug-impaired driving fatalities now exceed those from drunk driving, urging the need for on-site and roadside detection methods. In this study, a photothermal desorption and reagent-assisted low-temperature plasma ionization miniature ion trap mass spectrometer (PDRA-LTP-ITMS) was developed for on-site detection of drug-impaired driving. The pseudomultiple reaction monitoring (MRM)...
The Journal of biological chemistry
October 1, 2023
Xue Chen, Jing Li, Lisa Yu et al.
13 citations
Psychedelic indolethylamines have emerged as potential medicines to treat several psychiatric pathologies. Natural sources of these compounds include 'magic mushrooms' (Psilocybe spp.), plants used to prepare ayahuasca, and toads. The skin and parotid glands of certain toads accumulate a variety of specialized metabolites including toxic guanidine alkaloids, lipophilic alkaloids, poisonous...
Research Square
March 10, 2023
Xue Chen, Jing Li, Lisa Yu et al.
Abstract Psychedelic indolethylamines have emerged as potential medicines to treat several psychiatric pathologies. Natural sources of these compounds include ‘magic mushrooms’, plants used to prepare ahayuasca, and toads. Owing to the occurrence of indolethylamines such as N,N-dimethyltryptamine, toad skin and parotid gland preparations have a history of ceremonial use, yet their biosynthesis...
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
February 13, 2020
K. Milbury, S. Weathers, Sania Durrani et al.
Purpose: Although patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors (BT) and their partners are at risk of experiencing high symptom burden, they are often excluded from psychosocial intervention studies. Thus, we sought to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a couple-based meditation (CBM) program targeting symptom and well-being outcomes. Methods: Couples completed baseline...
International Journal of Neural Systems
January 23, 2020
Wen Shi, Yamin Li, Zhian Liu et al.
Dynamically assessing the level of consciousness is still challenging during anesthesia. With the help of Electroencephalography (EEG), the human brain electric activity can be noninvasively measured at high temporal resolution. Several typical quasi-stable states are introduced to represent the oscillation of the global scalp electric field. These so-called microstates reflect spatiotemporal...
Shixia Xu, Jiaojiao Yang, Jing Li et al.
preprint
Abstract Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common mental disease in postpartum women, which has received more and more attention in society. Ketamine has been confirmed for its rapid antidepressant effect in women with PPD. We speculate that esketamine, an enantiomer of ketamine, pretreatment during cesarean can also reduce the incidence of PPD. Methods All the parturients enrolled in...