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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. preprint

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...

DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.12.571374 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Psilocybin Cognitive flexibility Cognition Flexibility engineering +5