M C Ramage

Sex-specific effects of psychedelic drug exposure on central amygdala reactivity and behavioral responding.

Translational Psychiatry April 8, 2023 Devin P. Effinger, Sema G. Quadir, M C Ramage et al. 49 citations

Psilocybin and its active metabolite psilocin have been shown to elicit rapid and long-lasting symptom improvements in a variety of affective psychiatric illnesses. However, the region-specific alterations underlying these therapeutic effects remain relatively unknown. The central amygdala (CeA) is a primary output region within the extended amygdala that is dysregulated in affective...