Highlights from the published paper
Serotonergic psychedelics increase neuritogenesis, spinogenesis, and synaptogenesis
Psychedelics promote plasticity via an evolutionarily conserved mechanism
TrkB, mTOR, and 5-HT2A signaling underlie psychedelic-induced plasticity
Noribogaine, but not ibogaine, is capable of promoting structural neural plasticity
Read the paper here
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)30755-1
Read UC Davis' post here
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/psychedelic-drugs-change-structure-neurons/
“People have long assumed that psychedelics are capable of altering neuronal structure, but this is the first study that clearly and unambiguously supports that hypothesis. What is really exciting is that psychedelics seem to mirror the effects produced by ketamine,” said David Olson, assistant professor in the departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, who leads the research team.
Article by ScienceDaily on paper here
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180612185207.htm
Another article on the discovery
https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/psychedelic-drugs-change-structure-of-neurons-305003