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Kaixin Huang

2 papers in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2023-2026

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Appetite for change: How psilocybin reshapes food reward learning through striatal dopamine function

bioRxiv May 18, 2026 Kyna Conn, Ngok Wong, Serenay Sunnetci et al.

Abstract Psilocybin has emerged as a promising therapeutic agent for psychiatric disorders characterised by cognitive rigidity and disrupted reward processing, including anorexia nervosa. While its pro-cognitive effects have been mechanistically probed almost exclusively through serotonin receptor subtype antagonism, the downstream contributions of dopaminergic systems to these outcomes remain...

Psilocybin prevents activity-based anorexia in female rats by enhancing cognitive flexibility: contributions from 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptor mechanisms

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) December 13, 2023 Kyna‐anne Conn, Lk Milton, Kaixin Huang et al. 6 citations preprint

Abstract Psilocybin has shown promise for alleviating symptoms of depression and is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN), a condition that is characterised by persistent cognitive inflexibility. Considering that enhanced cognitive flexibility after psilocybin treatment is reported to occur in individuals with depression, it is plausible that psilocybin could...