TWiN 42: Therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs

<p>TWiN explains how psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, which are being explored for treating a wide range of neuropsychiatric diseases, reopen the social reward period for critical learning.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="" href= "https://www.shepherdlab.org/jason">Jason Shepherd</a>, and <a href= "https://med.nyu.edu/research/kang-lab/team">Timothy Cheung</a></p> <p>Click arrow to play<br /> Download <a title="" href= "https://traffic.libsyn.com/twin1/TWiN042.mp3">TWiN 042</a> (34 MB .mp3, 57 min)<br /> Subscribe (free): <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-neuroscience/id1485118950">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2luMS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://twin1.libsyn.com/rss">RSS</a></p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://discord.gg/xA4JX7AeeU">MicrobeTV Discord Server</a></li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3">Psychedelic drugs</a> open critical period (Nature)</li> <li>Psychedelics reopen <a title="" href= "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230614/Psychedelics-reopen-e28098critical-periodse28099-for-social-reward-learning-mice-study-shows.aspx#:~:text=For%20mice%20given%20ketamine%2C%20the,three%20and%20four%20weeks%2C%20respectively">critical periods</a> (News-Med)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/study-of-lsd-microdosing"> LSD microdosing</a> doesn’t work (U Chicago Med)</li> <li>Timestamps by <a title="" href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <p>Music is by <a href="http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a></p> <p>Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv</p>