{"id":1924,"date":"2023-03-22T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:15:39","slug":"psychedelics-may-treat-depression-by-invading-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1924","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelics may treat depression by invading brain cells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A study suggests that psychedelics can access receptors inside cells that standard antidepressants usually can&#8217;t affect.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1925\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-44.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Psychedelic drugs may be able to slip through brain cell membranes, reaching receptors inside the cell.\u00a0(Image credit: ARTUR PLAWGO \/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psychedelic drugs have shown promise as therapies for hard-to-treat depression. Now, scientists have a potential explanation for why: The drugs may be able to slip through the outer membranes of brain cells and essentially flip switches inside the cells that other depression treatments can&#8217;t. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The findings of the new study, published Feb. 16 in the journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adf0435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Science<\/u><\/a>(opens in new tab), may help explain why, in some cases, psychedelics, in conjunction with talk therapy, work better and faster for patients than traditional antidepressants,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/psychedelics-slip-past-cell-membranes-when-treating-depression-70985?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>The Scientist reported<\/u><\/a>(opens in new tab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psychedelics include LSD; N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), found in the psychoactive drink ayahuasca; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/psilocybin.html\">psilocybin<\/a>, the active compound in magic mushrooms. All of these substances are known to plug into a structure called the serotonin 2A receptor, which binds the chemical messenger serotonin. These receptors appear in high concentrations within the brain&#8217;s wrinkled surface, the cerebral cortex, and they can be found both on the outer surface of brain cells and inside the cells.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/psychedelics-may-treat-depression-by-invading-brain-cells\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/psychedelics-may-treat-depression-by-invading-brain-cells<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study suggests that psychedelics can access receptors inside cells that standard antidepressants usually can&#8217;t affect.3 Psychedelic drugs have shown promise as therapies for hard-to-treat depression. Now, scientists have a potential explanation for why: The drugs may be able to slip through the outer membranes of brain cells and essentially flip switches inside the cells that other depression treatments can&#8217;t. &nbsp; The findings of the new study, published Feb. 16 in the journal&nbsp;Science(opens in new tab), may help explain why, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1926,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}