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Psychedelics reopening windows of development in mice

Antonia Eisenkoeck

Communications Psychology September 5, 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s44271-023-00012-1 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics News report Peer reviewed
Population Mice
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Key points The report states that a new study in Nature shows psychedelics can reopen a critical period of development in mice, and that this property was proportional to the duration of acute subjective effects of the drugs in humans.

Abstract

A new study in Nature shows psychedelics’ ability to reopen a critical period of development in mice. This shared property across psychedelic drugs was proportional to the duration of acute subjective effects of the drugs in humans.