July 27, 2023
A review article published in European Neuropsychopharmacology has described how and why psychedelic compounds may be useful in treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. A question of neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of neurons to remodel themselves, forming new connections in response to stimuli. Many psychedelic drugs are psychoplastogens, compounds that encourage neuroplasticity [1]....
August 23, 2021
Researchers publishing in Aging have found that stresses, both biological and in daily life, harm one of our fundamental abilities to correctly process what's going on around us. What is sensory gating? Sensory gating is the brain's ability to filter out irrelevant stimuli after the first time it experiences them. It reflects our ability to...
